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Mozambique
COUNTRY #1
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MOZAMBIQUE VS MAURITANIA

Compare Mozambique 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
Mozambique Population Pyramid
5,958,982
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%
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Mauritania Population Pyramid
651,434
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
  Mozambique MOZAMBIQUE   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Mozambique MOZAMBIQUE   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
33.9
36.6
35.2
166
163
165
  
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
37.9
41.0
39.4
167
163
165
  
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
41.1
44.3
42.7
169
168
168
  
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
42.2
45.2
43.7
176
176
176
  
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
47.5
50.5
49.0
170
166
168
  
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
52.5
55.2
54.0
171
172
171
  
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
54.5
61.7
58.1
179
179
179
  
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mozambique MOZAMBIQUE   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
54.5
61.7
179
179
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
54.5
61.7
179
179
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
59.0
66.3
180
179
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
59.5
66.7
180
179
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
59.9
67.0
180
179
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
60.5
67.6
180
178
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
61.2
68.3
180
178
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
62.1
69.4
180
175
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
63.4
70.6
179
175
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
65.0
72.0
179
171
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
66.8
73.4
179
167
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
68.8
74.8
179
166
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
71.0
76.3
178
161
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
73.3
77.8
178
158
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
76.0
79.6
178
154
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
78.8
81.6
177
151
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
82.0
83.9
177
148
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
85.4
86.7
169
141
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
89.1
90.0
158
135
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mozambique MOZAMBIQUE   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
223.85
4
7.20
66
2. Stroke
199.97
5
74.41
100
3. Coronary Heart Disease
114.09
88
97.58
114
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
113.10
19
84.48
39
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
57.95
26
44.13
41
6. Diabetes Mellitus
56.89
31
33.08
83
7. Hypertension
55.74
7
16.11
102
8. Road Traffic Accidents
48.90
11
31.87
44
9. Malaria
44.55
18
43.02
20
10. Cervical Cancer
39.12
14
27.42
20
11. Kidney Disease
30.57
54
28.66
67
12. Liver Disease
27.80
62
25.88
73
13. Lung Disease
27.71
64
16.35
131
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
23.88
18
19.76
53
15. Suicide
23.20
9
5.47
132
16. Other Injuries
21.87
5
8.96
76
17. Prostate Cancer
21.14
57
18.54
72
18. Malnutrition
18.97
10
13.89
20
19. Maternal Conditions
17.01
12
16.08
15
20. Meningitis
16.32
11
8.18
39
21. Asthma
14.89
39
8.59
70
22. Tuberculosis
14.56
57
24.14
46
23. Falls
11.50
13
6.66
73
24. Low Birth Weight
10.84
32
15.92
3
25. Birth Trauma
10.26
23
9.85
27
26. Breast Cancer
9.41
166
14.72
122
27. Congenital Anomalies
8.38
22
7.27
46
28. Oesophagus Cancer
7.53
22
1.31
140
29. Liver Cancer
7.47
53
12.80
20
30. Lymphomas
6.51
27
2.74
157
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.41
38
4.26
67
32. Inflammatory/Heart
6.41
59
4.86
90
33. Fires
5.56
9
3.05
47
34. Poisonings
5.07
3
1.50
59
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.94
51
4.87
54
36. Epilepsy
4.75
5
1.97
72
37. Endocrine Disorders
4.60
73
4.39
78
38. Drownings
4.35
37
2.10
112
39. Violence
4.29
95
13.71
31
40. Skin Cancers
4.25
12
2.41
54
41. Oral Cancer
3.85
59
2.03
130
42. Schistosomiasis
3.74
5
0.63
41
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.33
36
1.53
91
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.14
176
5.29
146
45. Alcohol
2.80
42
0.69
132
46. Leukemia
2.73
134
0.73
176
47. Skin Disease
2.46
40
2.17
54
48. Pertussis
2.36
35
7.56
2
49. Syphilis
2.36
4
2.25
6
50. Appendicitis
2.05
2
0.36
86
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mozambique MOZAMBIQUE   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
50,430
19.75
231
0.98
2. Stroke
23,110
9.05
1,307
5.53
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
22,445
8.79
2,756
11.66
4. Malaria
14,971
5.86
1,423
6.02
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
12,928
5.06
1,656
7.01
6. Coronary Heart Disease
12,621
4.94
1,636
6.92
7. Low Birth Weight
10,409
4.08
2,014
8.52
8. Birth Trauma
9,817
3.85
1,204
5.10
9. Road Traffic Accidents
9,117
3.57
1,158
4.90
10. Diabetes Mellitus
6,877
2.69
594
2.51
11. Hypertension
5,786
2.27
286
1.21
12. Tuberculosis
5,770
2.26
717
3.03
13. Congenital Anomalies
5,566
2.18
665
2.81
14. Other Injuries
4,924
1.93
343
1.45
15. Maternal Conditions
4,339
1.70
639
2.70
16. Suicide
4,144
1.62
141
0.60
17. Meningitis
4,102
1.61
357
1.51
18. Malnutrition
4,039
1.58
462
1.96
19. Kidney Disease
4,036
1.58
555
2.35
20. Liver Disease
4,004
1.57
586
2.48
21. Cervical Cancer
3,297
1.29
333
1.41
22. Lung Disease
2,986
1.17
275
1.16
23. Asthma
2,160
0.85
170
0.72
24. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,724
0.68
251
1.06
25. Falls
1,524
0.60
140
0.59
26. Drownings
1,418
0.56
116
0.49
27. Syphilis
1,404
0.55
204
0.86
28. Pertussis
1,320
0.52
574
2.43
29. Fires
1,318
0.52
123
0.52
30. Lymphomas
1,180
0.46
65
0.28
31. Poisonings
1,136
0.44
67
0.28
32. Violence
1,113
0.44
491
2.08
33. Liver Cancer
1,108
0.43
312
1.32
34. Epilepsy
1,082
0.42
75
0.32
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1,020
0.40
110
0.47
36. Oesophagus Cancer
976
0.38
30
0.13
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
969
0.38
83
0.35
38. Endocrine Disorders
912
0.36
197
0.83
39. Prostate Cancer
805
0.32
118
0.50
40. Breast Cancer
757
0.30
189
0.80
41. Skin Cancers
563
0.22
50
0.21
42. Schistosomiasis
562
0.22
14
0.06
43. Leukemia
555
0.22
22
0.09
44. Oral Cancer
545
0.21
45
0.19
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
516
0.20
34
0.14
46. Tetanus
456
0.18
58
0.25
47. Parkinson's Disease
453
0.18
69
0.29
48. Colon-Rectum Cancers
424
0.17
110
0.47
49. Alcohol
403
0.16
16
0.07
50. Appendicitis
393
0.15
9
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mozambique MOZAMBIQUE   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
39.12
14
27.42
20
2. Prostate Cancer
21.14
57
18.54
72
3. Breast Cancer
9.41
166
14.72
122
4. Oesophagus Cancer
7.53
22
1.31
140
5. Liver Cancer
7.47
53
12.80
20
6. Lymphomas
6.51
27
2.74
157
7. Skin Cancers
4.25
12
2.41
54
8. Oral Cancer
3.85
59
2.03
130
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.14
176
5.29
146
10. Leukemia
2.73
134
0.73
176
11. Bladder Cancer
1.76
109
2.05
93
12. Lung Cancers
1.73
175
2.77
163
13. Stomach Cancer
1.62
177
6.03
91
14. Ovary Cancer
1.49
179
3.39
128
15. Uterin Cancer
1.39
148
1.46
141
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.61
177
1.67
151
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.