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Mauritius
COUNTRY #1
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MAURITIUS VS GAMBIA

Compare Mauritius and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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
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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Gambia GAMBIA
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Gambia GAMBIA
       
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
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
60.3
64.6
62.4
70
69
67
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
63.4
68.7
66.0
76
77
75
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
65.6
73.4
69.4
82
66
72
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
67.8
74.3
71.0
85
75
81
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
70.1
76.6
73.3
85
75
83
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
71.0
77.3
74.1
89
86
87
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.0
77.3
89
86
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
71.0
77.3
89
86
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
72.1
78.4
92
85
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
72.2
78.5
93
85
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
72.3
78.5
95
85
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
72.5
78.6
94
83
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
72.8
78.8
96
82
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
73.2
79.0
94
81
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
73.7
79.2
93
82
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
74.3
79.5
91
81
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
75.0
79.9
89
81
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
75.9
80.5
86
80
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
77.1
81.1
82
77
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
78.5
82.0
82
75
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
80.2
83.0
76
72
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
82.2
84.4
71
71
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
84.4
86.1
72
67
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
87.1
88.3
68
61
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
90.1
90.7
72
67
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Diabetes Mellitus
104.41
8
37.65
66
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.82
103
142.59
53
3. Stroke
56.52
121
108.94
59
4. Kidney Disease
41.13
20
32.04
48
5. Lung Disease
37.21
31
29.40
54
6. Hypertension
34.14
34
22.89
68
7. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
4.44
182
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.53
108
113.77
18
9. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
6.08
156
10. Road Traffic Accidents
10.85
122
51.34
8
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
1.05
183
12. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
3.62
150
13. HIV/AIDS
9.81
60
70.82
17
14. Suicide
8.75
87
9.64
77
15. Liver Disease
8.61
136
33.48
48
16. Inflammatory/Heart
6.69
55
6.44
58
17. Asthma
6.38
78
15.88
35
18. Congenital Anomalies
6.34
76
6.72
59
19. Endocrine Disorders
6.10
51
11.17
16
20. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
1.43
178
21. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
25.76
23
22. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
0.44
183
23. Other Neoplasms
4.61
17
0.42
95
24. Birth Trauma
4.26
71
10.44
21
25. Other Injuries
4.15
150
11.81
46
26. Skin Disease
3.73
22
2.12
59
27. Low Birth Weight
3.62
113
9.17
43
28. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
0.01
181
29. Falls
3.56
135
9.85
22
30. Lymphomas
3.36
138
0.74
181
31. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
0.23
180
32. Alcohol
3.15
31
1.23
103
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
0.54
179
34. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
30.83
3
35. Drownings
3.02
75
2.58
84
36. Leukemia
2.86
127
0.09
183
37. Alzheimers & Dementia
2.41
177
19.89
49
38. Epilepsy
2.36
51
2.78
36
39. Violence
2.18
128
11.94
43
40. Anemia
2.05
6
0.00
103
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
0.48
177
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.41
118
41.12
43
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.26
140
6.56
37
44. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
0.44
181
45. Drug Use
1.16
95
2.38
34
46. Tuberculosis
1.09
124
28.42
38
47. Maternal Conditions
0.87
91
18.68
8
48. Poisonings
0.74
80
2.48
34
49. Parkinson's Disease
0.70
179
6.31
18
50. Fires
0.62
130
3.83
32
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Diabetes Mellitus
1,873
18.89
290
2.25
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1,805
18.21
1,007
7.83
3. Stroke
985
9.94
802
6.24
4. Kidney Disease
724
7.30
266
2.07
5. Lung Disease
646
6.52
206
1.60
6. Hypertension
592
5.97
172
1.34
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
346
3.49
1,340
10.42
8. Breast Cancer
232
2.34
26
0.20
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
182
1.84
11
0.09
10. Lung Cancers
182
1.84
34
0.26
11. Road Traffic Accidents
155
1.56
695
5.40
12. Liver Disease
145
1.46
323
2.51
13. HIV/AIDS
141
1.42
1,125
8.75
14. Suicide
120
1.21
113
0.88
15. Prostate Cancer
115
1.16
21
0.16
16. Inflammatory/Heart
108
1.09
59
0.46
17. Asthma
107
1.08
134
1.04
18. Stomach Cancer
104
1.05
14
0.11
19. Endocrine Disorders
101
1.02
230
1.79
20. Other Neoplasms
77
0.78
3
0.02
21. Other Injuries
66
0.67
194
1.51
22. Skin Disease
64
0.65
19
0.15
23. Oral Cancer
63
0.64
0
0.00
24. Lymphomas
57
0.57
12
0.09
25. Congenital Anomalies
57
0.57
383
2.98
26. Falls
57
0.57
83
0.65
27. Liver Cancer
56
0.56
377
2.93
28. Pancreas Cancer
55
0.55
6
0.05
29. Alcohol
53
0.53
12
0.09
30. Cervical Cancer
49
0.49
145
1.13
31. Leukemia
48
0.48
2
0.02
32. Ovary Cancer
46
0.46
2
0.02
33. Drownings
43
0.43
69
0.54
34. Alzheimers & Dementia
42
0.42
89
0.69
35. Low Birth Weight
37
0.37
662
5.15
36. Birth Trauma
37
0.37
754
5.86
37. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.35
5
0.04
38. Epilepsy
35
0.35
43
0.33
39. Anemia
33
0.33
0
0.00
40. Uterin Cancer
32
0.32
1
0.01
41. Violence
30
0.30
195
1.52
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
23
0.23
626
4.87
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
22
0.22
56
0.44
44. Bladder Cancer
21
0.21
4
0.03
45. Tuberculosis
17
0.17
445
3.46
46. Drug Use
16
0.16
28
0.22
47. Parkinson's Disease
12
0.12
34
0.26
48. Maternal Conditions
11
0.11
345
2.68
49. Poisonings
11
0.11
42
0.33
50. Fires
10
0.10
67
0.52
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
4.44
182
2. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
6.08
156
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
1.05
183
4. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
3.62
150
5. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
1.43
178
6. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
25.76
23
7. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
0.44
183
8. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
0.01
181
9. Lymphomas
3.36
138
0.74
181
10. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
0.23
180
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
0.54
179
12. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
30.83
3
13. Leukemia
2.86
127
0.09
183
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
0.48
177
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
0.44
181
16. Skin Cancers
0.24
172
0.01
177
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.