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Moldova
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Moldova and Mauritania 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.

Mauritania
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
Moldova Population Pyramid
3,360,176
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Moldova MOLDOVA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Moldova MOLDOVA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
58.2
65.9
62.0
62
48
55
 
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
61.4
68.3
64.7
64
55
63
 
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
61.6
68.4
64.9
82
79
83
 
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
63.9
70.8
67.3
96
86
92
 
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
63.2
71.0
67.1
113
104
108
 
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
64.7
73.0
68.8
119
106
111
 
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
69.3
77.1
73.3
110
89
95
 
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Moldova MOLDOVA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
77.1
110
89
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
69.3
77.1
110
89
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
70.4
78.2
118
89
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
70.5
78.2
119
89
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
70.6
78.3
120
89
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
70.8
78.4
120
91
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
71.0
78.5
123
91
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
71.2
78.5
127
91
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
71.6
78.7
130
92
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
72.0
78.9
131
92
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
72.8
79.2
130
92
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
73.8
79.6
129
93
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
75.0
80.2
131
94
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
76.6
80.9
128
95
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
78.7
81.9
115
99
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
81.8
83.5
83
93
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
83.8
85.1
90
95
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
87.3
87.7
66
89
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
91.5
91.0
8
53
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Moldova MOLDOVA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
245.76
18
97.58
114
2. Stroke
100.83
71
74.41
100
3. Liver Disease
50.57
10
25.88
73
4. Hypertension
39.16
26
16.11
102
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.42
110
84.48
39
6. Lung Cancers
18.69
61
2.77
163
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.43
10
5.29
146
8. Breast Cancer
17.42
88
14.72
122
9. Other Injuries
14.89
26
8.96
76
10. Prostate Cancer
13.36
116
18.54
72
11. Lung Disease
12.92
154
16.35
131
12. Suicide
12.17
50
5.47
132
13. Stomach Cancer
8.84
53
6.03
91
14. Liver Cancer
8.77
42
12.80
20
15. Inflammatory/Heart
8.61
39
4.86
90
16. Pancreas Cancer
7.24
39
1.67
151
17. Cervical Cancer
7.09
103
27.42
20
18. Diabetes Mellitus
6.88
158
33.08
83
19. Road Traffic Accidents
6.60
141
31.87
44
20. Congenital Anomalies
6.58
64
7.27
46
21. Oral Cancer
6.32
26
2.03
130
22. Kidney Disease
5.43
163
28.66
67
23. Poisonings
4.53
5
1.50
59
24. Alcohol
4.34
23
0.69
132
25. Drownings
4.16
42
2.10
112
26. Lymphomas
4.14
114
2.74
157
27. HIV/AIDS
3.90
79
7.20
66
28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.89
71
4.26
67
29. Tuberculosis
3.79
91
24.14
46
30. Ovary Cancer
3.79
118
3.39
128
31. Violence
3.50
106
13.71
31
32. Bladder Cancer
3.05
52
2.05
93
33. Uterin Cancer
3.04
54
1.46
141
34. Low Birth Weight
2.98
124
15.92
3
35. Alzheimers & Dementia
2.92
174
19.76
53
36. Falls
2.72
158
6.66
73
37. Leukemia
2.60
140
0.73
176
38. Skin Cancers
2.10
77
2.41
54
39. Oesophagus Cancer
1.74
117
1.31
140
40. Fires
1.36
95
3.05
47
41. Birth Trauma
1.22
112
9.85
27
42. Other Neoplasms
1.18
58
0.44
93
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.15
107
1.53
91
44. Drug Use
1.13
101
2.66
30
45. Epilepsy
1.01
135
1.97
72
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.85
178
4.39
78
47. Skin Disease
0.80
119
2.17
54
48. Asthma
0.44
168
8.59
70
49. Meningitis
0.42
122
8.18
39
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.21
27
0.00
132
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Moldova MOLDOVA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
14,292
37.00
1,636
6.92
2. Stroke
5,878
15.22
1,307
5.53
3. Liver Disease
2,869
7.43
586
2.48
4. Hypertension
2,287
5.92
286
1.21
5. Lung Cancers
1,131
2.93
60
0.25
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,042
2.70
2,756
11.66
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,030
2.67
110
0.47
8. Other Injuries
772
2.00
343
1.45
9. Lung Disease
752
1.95
275
1.16
10. Suicide
593
1.54
141
0.60
11. Breast Cancer
592
1.53
189
0.80
12. Stomach Cancer
518
1.34
132
0.56
13. Liver Cancer
514
1.33
312
1.32
14. Inflammatory/Heart
476
1.23
110
0.47
15. Pancreas Cancer
427
1.11
39
0.17
16. Diabetes Mellitus
407
1.05
594
2.51
17. Oral Cancer
375
0.97
45
0.19
18. Kidney Disease
307
0.79
555
2.35
19. Prostate Cancer
295
0.76
118
0.50
20. Road Traffic Accidents
293
0.76
1,158
4.90
21. Alcohol
233
0.60
16
0.07
22. Lymphomas
230
0.60
65
0.28
23. Poisonings
220
0.57
67
0.28
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
219
0.57
83
0.35
25. Cervical Cancer
212
0.55
333
1.41
26. Tuberculosis
197
0.51
717
3.03
27. Congenital Anomalies
190
0.49
665
2.81
28. HIV/AIDS
189
0.49
231
0.98
29. Bladder Cancer
181
0.47
42
0.18
30. Drownings
179
0.46
116
0.49
31. Violence
167
0.43
491
2.08
32. Alzheimers & Dementia
163
0.42
251
1.06
33. Falls
149
0.39
140
0.59
34. Leukemia
140
0.36
22
0.09
35. Ovary Cancer
123
0.32
43
0.18
36. Skin Cancers
121
0.31
50
0.21
37. Uterin Cancer
108
0.28
17
0.07
38. Oesophagus Cancer
105
0.27
30
0.13
39. Low Birth Weight
90
0.23
2,014
8.52
40. Fires
70
0.18
123
0.52
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
68
0.18
34
0.14
42. Other Neoplasms
65
0.17
7
0.03
43. Drug Use
59
0.15
71
0.30
44. Epilepsy
46
0.12
75
0.32
45. Skin Disease
45
0.12
47
0.20
46. Endocrine Disorders
40
0.10
197
0.83
47. Birth Trauma
37
0.10
1,204
5.10
48. Asthma
26
0.07
170
0.72
49. Meningitis
17
0.04
357
1.51
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
12
0.03
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Moldova MOLDOVA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.69
61
2.77
163
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.43
10
5.29
146
3. Breast Cancer
17.42
88
14.72
122
4. Prostate Cancer
13.36
116
18.54
72
5. Stomach Cancer
8.84
53
6.03
91
6. Liver Cancer
8.77
42
12.80
20
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.24
39
1.67
151
8. Cervical Cancer
7.09
103
27.42
20
9. Oral Cancer
6.32
26
2.03
130
10. Lymphomas
4.14
114
2.74
157
11. Ovary Cancer
3.79
118
3.39
128
12. Bladder Cancer
3.05
52
2.05
93
13. Uterin Cancer
3.04
54
1.46
141
14. Leukemia
2.60
140
0.73
176
15. Skin Cancers
2.10
77
2.41
54
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.74
117
1.31
140
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.