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Mauritius
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

Compare Mauritius and China 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.

China
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
Mauritius Population Pyramid
1,185,525
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%
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   China CHINA
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   China CHINA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
57.7
61.2
59.4
65
66
65
 
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
60.3
64.6
62.4
70
69
67
 
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
63.4
68.7
66.0
76
77
75
 
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
65.6
73.4
69.4
82
66
72
 
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
67.8
74.3
71.0
85
75
81
 
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
70.1
76.6
73.3
85
75
83
 
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
71.0
77.3
74.1
89
86
87
 
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.0
77.3
89
86
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
71.0
77.3
89
86
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
72.1
78.4
92
85
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
72.2
78.5
93
85
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
72.3
78.5
95
85
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
72.5
78.6
94
83
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
72.8
78.8
96
82
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
73.2
79.0
94
81
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
73.7
79.2
93
82
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
74.3
79.5
91
81
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
75.0
79.9
89
81
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
75.9
80.5
86
80
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
77.1
81.1
82
77
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
78.5
82.0
82
75
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
80.2
83.0
76
72
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
82.2
84.4
71
71
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
84.4
86.1
72
67
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
87.1
88.3
68
61
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
90.1
90.7
72
67
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Diabetes Mellitus
104.41
8
8.56
148
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.82
103
97.57
115
3. Stroke
56.52
121
110.80
58
4. Kidney Disease
41.13
20
10.39
141
5. Lung Disease
37.21
31
54.18
13
6. Hypertension
34.14
34
16.80
98
7. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
8.95
169
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.53
108
11.28
152
9. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
6.41
152
10. Road Traffic Accidents
10.85
122
15.09
96
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
13.02
42
12. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
36.63
5
13. HIV/AIDS
9.81
60
1.62
111
14. Suicide
8.75
87
6.67
121
15. Liver Disease
8.61
136
7.57
146
16. Inflammatory/Heart
6.69
55
1.73
168
17. Asthma
6.38
78
1.29
123
18. Congenital Anomalies
6.34
76
3.32
150
19. Endocrine Disorders
6.10
51
1.51
162
20. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
20.55
3
21. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
5.16
124
22. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
2.76
153
23. Other Neoplasms
4.61
17
0.24
152
24. Birth Trauma
4.26
71
1.40
108
25. Other Injuries
4.15
150
3.50
161
26. Skin Disease
3.73
22
0.30
162
27. Low Birth Weight
3.62
113
1.76
150
28. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
2.81
89
29. Falls
3.56
135
8.04
50
30. Lymphomas
3.36
138
3.04
145
31. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
1.16
157
32. Alcohol
3.15
31
1.05
111
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
5.72
59
34. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
9.30
33
35. Drownings
3.02
75
3.66
56
36. Leukemia
2.86
127
3.48
97
37. Alzheimers & Dementia
2.41
177
17.36
97
38. Epilepsy
2.36
51
0.74
163
39. Violence
2.18
128
0.73
166
40. Anemia
2.05
6
0.00
87
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
12.42
6
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.41
118
0.72
150
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.26
140
2.05
106
44. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
2.04
94
45. Drug Use
1.16
95
1.34
79
46. Tuberculosis
1.09
124
1.88
111
47. Maternal Conditions
0.87
91
0.26
128
48. Poisonings
0.74
80
1.55
57
49. Parkinson's Disease
0.70
179
3.95
98
50. Fires
0.62
130
0.62
129
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Diabetes Mellitus
1,873
18.89
161,672
1.68
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1,805
18.21
1.772m
18.44
3. Stroke
985
9.94
2.043m
21.27
4. Kidney Disease
724
7.30
192,302
2.00
5. Lung Disease
646
6.52
968,607
10.08
6. Hypertension
592
5.97
301,183
3.14
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
346
3.49
183,342
1.91
8. Breast Cancer
232
2.34
92,757
0.97
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
182
1.84
248,388
2.59
10. Lung Cancers
182
1.84
714,311
7.44
11. Road Traffic Accidents
155
1.56
250,272
2.61
12. Liver Disease
145
1.46
145,603
1.52
13. HIV/AIDS
141
1.42
28,746
0.30
14. Suicide
120
1.21
116,324
1.21
15. Prostate Cancer
115
1.16
51,056
0.53
16. Inflammatory/Heart
108
1.09
29,954
0.31
17. Asthma
107
1.08
23,147
0.24
18. Stomach Cancer
104
1.05
398,439
4.15
19. Endocrine Disorders
101
1.02
25,613
0.27
20. Other Neoplasms
77
0.78
4,374
0.05
21. Other Injuries
66
0.67
54,087
0.56
22. Skin Disease
64
0.65
5,222
0.05
23. Oral Cancer
63
0.64
54,695
0.57
24. Lymphomas
57
0.57
57,838
0.60
25. Congenital Anomalies
57
0.57
36,613
0.38
26. Falls
57
0.57
138,878
1.45
27. Liver Cancer
56
0.56
180,952
1.88
28. Pancreas Cancer
55
0.55
111,537
1.16
29. Alcohol
53
0.53
19,071
0.20
30. Cervical Cancer
49
0.49
51,650
0.54
31. Leukemia
48
0.48
58,145
0.61
32. Ovary Cancer
46
0.46
28,078
0.29
33. Drownings
43
0.43
52,807
0.55
34. Alzheimers & Dementia
42
0.42
304,455
3.17
35. Low Birth Weight
37
0.37
21,631
0.23
36. Birth Trauma
37
0.37
17,644
0.18
37. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.35
242,891
2.53
38. Epilepsy
35
0.35
11,365
0.12
39. Anemia
33
0.33
0
0.00
40. Uterin Cancer
32
0.32
11,751
0.12
41. Violence
30
0.30
11,115
0.12
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
23
0.23
8,719
0.09
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
22
0.22
37,723
0.39
44. Bladder Cancer
21
0.21
37,873
0.39
45. Tuberculosis
17
0.17
34,802
0.36
46. Drug Use
16
0.16
24,214
0.25
47. Parkinson's Disease
12
0.12
70,699
0.74
48. Maternal Conditions
11
0.11
3,596
0.04
49. Poisonings
11
0.11
25,762
0.27
50. Fires
10
0.10
10,498
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
8.95
169
2. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
6.41
152
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
13.02
42
4. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
36.63
5
5. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
20.55
3
6. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
5.16
124
7. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
2.76
153
8. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
2.81
89
9. Lymphomas
3.36
138
3.04
145
10. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
1.16
157
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
5.72
59
12. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
9.30
33
13. Leukemia
2.86
127
3.48
97
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
12.42
6
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
2.04
94
16. Skin Cancers
0.24
172
1.05
137
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.