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Mauritania
COUNTRY #1
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
MAURITANIA VS SOUTH AFRICA

Compare Mauritania and South Africa 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.

South Africa
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
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Mauritania MAURITANIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      Mauritania MAURITANIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
           
    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
    		  
    47.4
    51.0
    49.2
    100
    96
    98
    1970
    45.5
    49.9
    47.6
    135
    129
    133
    		  
    50.4
    55.8
    53.0
    118
    101
    107
    1980
    50.5
    54.7
    52.5
    135
    133
    134
    		  
    53.9
    60.6
    57.2
    125
    112
    119
    1990
    55.6
    59.5
    57.5
    140
    136
    137
    		  
    57.9
    65.4
    61.6
    130
    118
    123
    2000
    58.4
    61.6
    60.0
    133
    132
    134
    		  
    54.6
    60.1
    57.3
    148
    140
    146
    2010
    60.5
    63.5
    62.0
    142
    145
    143
    		  
    55.5
    60.3
    58.0
    165
    154
    159
    2019
    68.1
    68.7
    68.4
    119
    141
    131
    		  
    62.2
    68.3
    65.3
    154
    145
    149
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Mauritania MAURITANIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    68.1
    68.7
    119
    141
    62.2
    68.3
    154
    145
    Age 5
    73.8
    73.6
    71
    129
    64.6
    70.5
    168
    153
    Age 10
    74.2
    73.9
    68
    127
    64.8
    70.7
    167
    157
    Age 15
    74.3
    74.1
    68
    127
    65.0
    70.8
    167
    158
    Age 20
    74.6
    74.3
    69
    127
    65.3
    71.2
    167
    158
    Age 25
    74.9
    74.6
    69
    127
    66.0
    71.8
    167
    157
    Age 30
    75.3
    74.9
    70
    127
    67.1
    72.8
    167
    152
    Age 35
    75.7
    75.2
    70
    127
    68.5
    74.1
    165
    141
    Age 40
    76.1
    75.7
    67
    128
    70.2
    75.4
    156
    131
    Age 45
    76.6
    76.2
    66
    129
    71.9
    76.8
    147
    118
    Age 50
    77.2
    76.9
    67
    131
    73.6
    78.0
    133
    107
    Age 55
    78.1
    77.8
    66
    134
    75.5
    79.2
    119
    101
    Age 60
    79.1
    78.9
    71
    135
    77.3
    80.5
    106
    100
    Age 65
    80.6
    80.3
    70
    131
    79.4
    82.0
    91
    96
    Age 70
    82.3
    82.1
    68
    125
    81.8
    83.6
    84
    90
    Age 75
    84.6
    84.4
    67
    127
    84.1
    85.4
    82
    88
    Age 80
    87.1
    87.0
    69
    123
    86.6
    87.4
    95
    97
    Age 85
    90.1
    90.2
    71
    112
    89.6
    90.1
    115
    122
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Mauritania MAURITANIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    97.58
    114
    83.76
    128
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    84.48
    39
    83.23
    40
    3. Stroke
    74.41
    100
    80.50
    93
    4. Diarrhoeal diseases
    44.13
    41
    33.37
    46
    5. Malaria
    43.02
    20
    0.14
    56
    6. Diabetes Mellitus
    33.08
    83
    74.67
    16
    7. Road Traffic Accidents
    31.87
    44
    22.70
    61
    8. Kidney Disease
    28.66
    67
    35.72
    35
    9. Cervical Cancer
    27.42
    20
    20.99
    37
    10. Liver Disease
    25.88
    73
    18.41
    95
    11. Tuberculosis
    24.14
    46
    39.83
    26
    12. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.76
    53
    16.44
    118
    13. Prostate Cancer
    18.54
    72
    35.20
    22
    14. Lung Disease
    16.35
    131
    31.41
    47
    15. Hypertension
    16.11
    102
    33.86
    36
    16. Maternal Conditions
    16.08
    15
    2.65
    62
    17. Low Birth Weight
    15.92
    3
    7.16
    63
    18. Breast Cancer
    14.72
    122
    18.21
    76
    19. Malnutrition
    13.89
    20
    4.41
    56
    20. Violence
    13.71
    31
    37.54
    8
    21. Liver Cancer
    12.80
    20
    5.46
    87
    22. Birth Trauma
    9.85
    27
    3.36
    78
    23. Other Injuries
    8.96
    76
    10.77
    57
    24. Asthma
    8.59
    70
    13.63
    45
    25. Meningitis
    8.18
    39
    6.74
    41
    26. Pertussis
    7.56
    2
    1.79
    48
    27. Congenital Anomalies
    7.27
    46
    6.23
    83
    28. HIV/AIDS
    7.20
    66
    121.35
    9
    29. Falls
    6.66
    73
    2.99
    150
    30. Stomach Cancer
    6.03
    91
    3.68
    137
    31. Suicide
    5.47
    132
    23.49
    8
    32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    5.29
    146
    8.90
    89
    33. Parkinson's Disease
    4.87
    54
    3.36
    130
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.86
    90
    12.75
    17
    35. Endocrine Disorders
    4.39
    78
    11.70
    14
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    4.26
    67
    4.52
    65
    37. Ovary Cancer
    3.39
    128
    3.85
    115
    38. Fires
    3.05
    47
    6.64
    4
    39. Lung Cancers
    2.77
    163
    18.34
    64
    40. Lymphomas
    2.74
    157
    6.08
    39
    41. Drug Use
    2.66
    30
    1.52
    67
    42. Skin Cancers
    2.41
    54
    2.47
    53
    43. Syphilis
    2.25
    6
    1.56
    17
    44. Skin Disease
    2.17
    54
    2.91
    30
    45. Drownings
    2.10
    112
    4.06
    44
    46. Bladder Cancer
    2.05
    93
    2.19
    83
    47. Oral Cancer
    2.03
    130
    3.18
    80
    48. Epilepsy
    1.97
    72
    3.28
    22
    49. Pancreas Cancer
    1.67
    151
    4.98
    65
    50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.53
    91
    2.04
    70
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Mauritania MAURITANIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Influenza and Pneumonia
    2,756
    11.66
    39,341
    8.65
    2. Low Birth Weight
    2,014
    8.52
    6,250
    1.37
    3. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1,656
    7.01
    15,843
    3.49
    4. Coronary Heart Disease
    1,636
    6.92
    32,739
    7.20
    5. Malaria
    1,423
    6.02
    83
    0.02
    6. Stroke
    1,307
    5.53
    30,693
    6.75
    7. Birth Trauma
    1,204
    5.10
    3,004
    0.66
    8. Road Traffic Accidents
    1,158
    4.90
    13,014
    2.86
    9. Tuberculosis
    717
    3.03
    21,965
    4.83
    10. Congenital Anomalies
    665
    2.81
    4,351
    0.96
    11. Maternal Conditions
    639
    2.70
    1,700
    0.37
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    594
    2.51
    30,188
    6.64
    13. Liver Disease
    586
    2.48
    9,013
    1.98
    14. Pertussis
    574
    2.43
    1,142
    0.25
    15. Kidney Disease
    555
    2.35
    15,302
    3.37
    16. Violence
    491
    2.08
    21,000
    4.62
    17. Malnutrition
    462
    1.96
    2,381
    0.52
    18. Meningitis
    357
    1.51
    3,660
    0.81
    19. Other Injuries
    343
    1.45
    6,014
    1.32
    20. Cervical Cancer
    333
    1.41
    5,555
    1.22
    21. Liver Cancer
    312
    1.32
    2,383
    0.52
    22. Hypertension
    286
    1.21
    12,789
    2.81
    23. Lung Disease
    275
    1.16
    11,895
    2.62
    24. Alzheimers & Dementia
    251
    1.06
    4,676
    1.03
    25. HIV/AIDS
    231
    0.98
    71,996
    15.84
    26. Syphilis
    204
    0.86
    1,130
    0.25
    27. Endocrine Disorders
    197
    0.83
    5,890
    1.30
    28. Breast Cancer
    189
    0.80
    4,533
    1.00
    29. Asthma
    170
    0.72
    5,966
    1.31
    30. Suicide
    141
    0.60
    13,774
    3.03
    31. Falls
    140
    0.59
    1,399
    0.31
    32. Stomach Cancer
    132
    0.56
    1,535
    0.34
    33. Fires
    123
    0.52
    3,618
    0.80
    34. Prostate Cancer
    118
    0.50
    4,374
    0.96
    35. Drownings
    116
    0.49
    2,403
    0.53
    36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    110
    0.47
    3,587
    0.79
    37. Inflammatory/Heart
    110
    0.47
    5,408
    1.19
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    83
    0.35
    1,894
    0.42
    39. Epilepsy
    75
    0.32
    1,870
    0.41
    40. Drug Use
    71
    0.30
    770
    0.17
    41. Parkinson's Disease
    69
    0.29
    1,077
    0.24
    42. Poisonings
    67
    0.28
    975
    0.21
    43. Lymphomas
    65
    0.28
    2,818
    0.62
    44. Lung Cancers
    60
    0.25
    7,705
    1.70
    45. Tetanus
    58
    0.25
    38
    0.01
    46. Skin Cancers
    50
    0.21
    993
    0.22
    47. Skin Disease
    47
    0.20
    1,101
    0.24
    48. Oral Cancer
    45
    0.19
    1,406
    0.31
    49. Ovary Cancer
    43
    0.18
    951
    0.21
    50. Bladder Cancer
    42
    0.18
    829
    0.18
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Mauritania MAURITANIA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Cervical Cancer
    27.42
    20
    20.99
    37
    2. Prostate Cancer
    18.54
    72
    35.20
    22
    3. Breast Cancer
    14.72
    122
    18.21
    76
    4. Liver Cancer
    12.80
    20
    5.46
    87
    5. Stomach Cancer
    6.03
    91
    3.68
    137
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    5.29
    146
    8.90
    89
    7. Ovary Cancer
    3.39
    128
    3.85
    115
    8. Lung Cancers
    2.77
    163
    18.34
    64
    9. Lymphomas
    2.74
    157
    6.08
    39
    10. Skin Cancers
    2.41
    54
    2.47
    53
    11. Bladder Cancer
    2.05
    93
    2.19
    83
    12. Oral Cancer
    2.03
    130
    3.18
    80
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    1.67
    151
    4.98
    65
    14. Uterin Cancer
    1.46
    141
    2.15
    99
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.31
    140
    8.50
    16
    16. Leukemia
    0.73
    176
    3.34
    108
    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.