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Mauritania
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Mauritania and Namibia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Namibia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Mauritania Population Pyramid
9,024,891
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Namibia Population Pyramid
3,981,125
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Namibia NAMIBIA
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Namibia NAMIBIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
 
45.0
49.3
47.1
113
100
105
1970
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
 
50.8
54.8
52.8
114
105
110
1980
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
 
56.0
60.0
57.9
114
113
114
1990
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
 
59.5
63.7
61.5
123
122
124
2000
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
 
56.2
58.5
57.4
142
147
144
2010
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
 
61.3
64.6
63.0
139
140
138
2019
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
 
60.6
68.4
64.6
165
142
152
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Namibia NAMIBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.1
68.7
119
141
60.6
68.4
165
142
Age
68.1
68.7
119
141
60.6
68.4
165
142
Age 5
73.8
73.6
71
129
63.5
71.1
173
148
Age 10
74.2
73.9
68
127
63.8
71.5
173
149
Age 15
74.3
74.1
68
127
64.1
71.7
173
149
Age 20
74.6
74.3
69
127
64.6
72.0
173
149
Age 25
74.9
74.6
69
127
65.2
72.4
173
150
Age 30
75.3
74.9
70
127
65.8
72.8
173
150
Age 35
75.7
75.2
70
127
66.6
73.5
173
149
Age 40
76.1
75.7
67
128
67.6
74.4
173
148
Age 45
76.6
76.2
66
129
69.0
75.5
172
143
Age 50
77.2
76.9
67
131
70.7
76.7
171
138
Age 55
78.1
77.8
66
134
72.6
78.0
171
125
Age 60
79.1
78.9
71
135
74.7
79.3
170
118
Age 65
80.6
80.3
70
131
77.0
80.7
170
113
Age 70
82.3
82.1
68
125
79.5
82.3
169
114
Age 75
84.6
84.4
67
127
82.4
84.4
165
119
Age 80
87.1
87.0
69
123
85.7
87.0
158
126
Age 85
90.1
90.2
71
112
89.2
90.0
153
131
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Namibia NAMIBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.58
114
105.72
98
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
84.48
39
94.17
31
3. Stroke
74.41
100
117.61
46
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
44.13
41
38.12
45
5. Malaria
43.02
20
0.87
46
6. Diabetes Mellitus
33.08
83
61.52
25
7. Road Traffic Accidents
31.87
44
44.05
14
8. Kidney Disease
28.66
67
25.76
73
9. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
16.57
48
10. Liver Disease
25.88
73
23.50
80
11. Tuberculosis
24.14
46
74.32
11
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.76
53
18.25
79
13. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
25.79
40
14. Lung Disease
16.35
131
40.96
26
15. Hypertension
16.11
102
37.70
28
16. Maternal Conditions
16.08
15
4.80
51
17. Low Birth Weight
15.92
3
9.38
39
18. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
14.84
120
19. Malnutrition
13.89
20
9.45
32
20. Violence
13.71
31
20.18
18
21. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
3.04
164
22. Birth Trauma
9.85
27
6.21
53
23. Other Injuries
8.96
76
10.07
66
24. Asthma
8.59
70
15.49
38
25. Meningitis
8.18
39
5.31
47
26. Pertussis
7.56
2
1.46
56
27. Congenital Anomalies
7.27
46
6.25
81
28. HIV/AIDS
7.20
66
147.62
7
29. Falls
6.66
73
4.37
118
30. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
2.39
172
31. Suicide
5.47
132
13.51
36
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
4.10
166
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.87
54
4.18
87
34. Inflammatory/Heart
4.86
90
12.49
19
35. Endocrine Disorders
4.39
78
4.68
70
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.26
67
6.23
44
37. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
3.01
146
38. Fires
3.05
47
5.58
8
39. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
4.38
143
40. Lymphomas
2.74
157
3.10
144
41. Drug Use
2.66
30
1.74
57
42. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
9.09
2
43. Syphilis
2.25
6
0.89
40
44. Skin Disease
2.17
54
2.57
36
45. Drownings
2.10
112
4.09
43
46. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
1.39
134
47. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
7.84
12
48. Epilepsy
1.97
72
2.41
49
49. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
1.37
158
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.53
91
2.22
61
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Namibia NAMIBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,756
11.66
1,464
8.64
2. Low Birth Weight
2,014
8.52
516
3.04
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,656
7.01
645
3.81
4. Coronary Heart Disease
1,636
6.92
1,221
7.20
5. Malaria
1,423
6.02
22
0.13
6. Stroke
1,307
5.53
1,333
7.86
7. Birth Trauma
1,204
5.10
345
2.04
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,158
4.90
868
5.12
9. Tuberculosis
717
3.03
1,416
8.35
10. Congenital Anomalies
665
2.81
283
1.67
11. Maternal Conditions
639
2.70
110
0.65
12. Diabetes Mellitus
594
2.51
724
4.27
13. Liver Disease
586
2.48
336
1.98
14. Pertussis
574
2.43
54
0.32
15. Kidney Disease
555
2.35
322
1.90
16. Violence
491
2.08
450
2.66
17. Malnutrition
462
1.96
224
1.32
18. Meningitis
357
1.51
109
0.64
19. Other Injuries
343
1.45
207
1.22
20. Cervical Cancer
333
1.41
133
0.78
21. Liver Cancer
312
1.32
45
0.27
22. Hypertension
286
1.21
428
2.53
23. Lung Disease
275
1.16
461
2.72
24. Alzheimers & Dementia
251
1.06
176
1.04
25. HIV/AIDS
231
0.98
2,928
17.28
26. Syphilis
204
0.86
35
0.21
27. Endocrine Disorders
197
0.83
73
0.43
28. Breast Cancer
189
0.80
121
0.71
29. Asthma
170
0.72
200
1.18
30. Suicide
141
0.60
243
1.43
31. Falls
140
0.59
62
0.37
32. Stomach Cancer
132
0.56
33
0.19
33. Fires
123
0.52
109
0.64
34. Prostate Cancer
118
0.50
94
0.55
35. Drownings
116
0.49
110
0.65
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
110
0.47
54
0.32
37. Inflammatory/Heart
110
0.47
162
0.96
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
83
0.35
76
0.45
39. Epilepsy
75
0.32
49
0.29
40. Drug Use
71
0.30
32
0.19
41. Parkinson's Disease
69
0.29
43
0.25
42. Poisonings
67
0.28
46
0.27
43. Lymphomas
65
0.28
46
0.27
44. Lung Cancers
60
0.25
59
0.35
45. Tetanus
58
0.25
6
0.04
46. Skin Cancers
50
0.21
108
0.64
47. Skin Disease
47
0.20
31
0.18
48. Oral Cancer
45
0.19
100
0.59
49. Ovary Cancer
43
0.18
23
0.14
50. Bladder Cancer
42
0.18
16
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Namibia NAMIBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
16.57
48
2. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
25.79
40
3. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
14.84
120
4. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
3.04
164
5. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
2.39
172
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
4.10
166
7. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
3.01
146
8. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
4.38
143
9. Lymphomas
2.74
157
3.10
144
10. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
9.09
2
11. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
1.39
134
12. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
7.84
12
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
1.37
158
14. Uterin Cancer
1.46
141
1.63
131
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
140
1.65
120
16. Leukemia
0.73
176
1.66
158
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.