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Mauritius Population Pyramid
 


Mauritius
MAURITIUS LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
57.7
61.2
59.4
65
66
65
1970
60.3
64.6
62.4
70
69
67
1980
63.4
68.7
66.0
76
77
75
1990
65.6
73.4
69.4
83
66
72
2000
68.2
75.3
71.7
72
59
66
2010
70.8
77.9
74.3
79
61
70
 
 
Mauritius
MAURITIUS LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
70.8
77.9
79
61
Age 5
70.4
77.6
97
76
Age 10
70.6
77.6
96
78
Age 15
70.6
77.7
98
78
Age 20
70.9
77.8
97
78
Age 25
71.1
78.0
100
77
Age 30
71.4
78.1
103
79
Age 35
71.8
78.3
105
76
Age 40
72.3
78.6
105
77
Age 45
73.1
78.9
101
78
Age 50
74.1
79.4
99
79
Age 55
75.4
80.1
97
81
Age 60
77.0
80.9
95
82
Age 65
78.7
82.2
93
74
Age 70
81.0
83.8
89
73
Age 75
83.5
85.6
85
72
Age 80
86.7
87.9
73
73
Age 85
90.1
90.8
70
67
Age 90
93.8
94.1
56
63
Age 95
97.7
97.8
58
66
Age 100
102.0
102.1
58
60
 
 
Mauritius
MAURITIUS TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Diabetes Mellitus
2,094
27.06
2 Coronary Heart Disease
1,381
17.84
3 Stroke
874
11.29
4 Hypertension
511
6.60
5 Liver Disease
218
2.82
6 Road Traffic Accidents
186
2.40
7 Asthma
158
2.04
8 Lung Cancers
149
1.93
9 Influenza & Pneumonia
131
1.69
10 Kidney Disease
130
1.68
11 Breast Cancer
128
1.65
12 Other Injuries
107
1.38
13 Colon-Rectum Cancers
96
1.24
14 Stomach Cancer
94
1.21
15 Suicide
89
1.15
16 Alcohol
80
1.03
17 Cervical Cancer
75
0.97
18 Congenital Anomalies
69
0.89
19 Lung Disease
69
0.89
20 Endocrine Disorders
65
0.84
21 Prostate Cancer
59
0.76
22 Liver Cancer
56
0.72
23 Birth Trauma
56
0.72
24 Drownings
54
0.70
25 Violence
54
0.70
  Deaths %
26 HIV/AIDS
53
0.68
27 Oral Cancer
53
0.68
28 Inflammatory/Heart
52
0.67
29 Pancreas Cancer
52
0.67
30 Low Birth Weight
41
0.53
31 Leukemia
41
0.53
32 Other Neoplasms
35
0.45
33 Epilepsy
34
0.44
34 Malnutrition
31
0.40
35 Oesophagus Cancer
31
0.40
36 Anaemia
28
0.36
37 Lymphomas
28
0.36
38 Falls
28
0.36
39 Alzheimers/Dementia
25
0.32
40 Peptic Ulcer Disease
23
0.30
41 Diarrhoeal diseases
22
0.28
42 Ovary Cancer
22
0.28
43 Skin Disease
19
0.25
44 Fires
18
0.23
45 Bladder Cancer
17
0.22
46 Tuberculosis
15
0.19
47 Meningitis
13
0.17
48 Parkinson Disease
10
0.13
49 Rheumatoid Arthritis
9
0.12
50 Poisonings
9
0.12
 
 
Mauritius
MAURITIUS TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Diabetes Mellitus
176.03
1
2 Coronary Heart Disease
118.43
85
3 Stroke
76.72
112
4 Hypertension
44.43
41
5 Breast Cancer
18.52
66
6 Liver Disease
16.18
48
7 Road Traffic Accidents
14.12
105
8 Asthma
13.84
42
9 Lung Cancers
12.57
96
10 Influenza & Pneumonia
11.59
159
11 Kidney Disease
10.78
121
12 Other Injuries
8.58
126
13 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.97
86
14 Stomach Cancer
7.70
79
15 Suicide
6.71
103
16 Congenital Anomalies
6.51
86
17 Lung Disease
6.23
178
18 Cervical Cancer
6.18
84
19 Alcohol
5.88
10
20 Endocrine Disorders
5.60
105
21 Birth Trauma
5.39
81
22 Prostate Cancer
5.33
119
23 Liver Cancer
4.78
117
24 Oral Cancer
4.37
55
25 Drownings
4.26
70
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Pancreas Cancer
4.21
75
27 Inflammatory/Heart
4.15
120
28 Violence
4.09
105
29 Low Birth Weight
4.01
139
30 HIV/AIDS
3.83
90
31 Leukemia
3.34
118
32 Other Neoplasms
2.84
100
33 Malnutrition
2.78
88
34 Epilepsy
2.55
71
35 Oesophagus Cancer
2.51
100
36 Anaemia
2.50
84
37 Alzheimers/Dementia
2.28
134
38 Lymphomas
2.26
175
39 Falls
2.15
147
40 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.96
117
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.94
142
42 Ovary Cancer
1.79
129
43 Skin Disease
1.68
99
44 Bladder Cancer
1.46
132
45 Fires
1.35
108
46 Tuberculosis
1.20
151
47 Meningitis
1.17
117
48 Parkinson Disease
0.84
142
49 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.84
39
50 Poisonings
0.66
155
 
 
Mauritius
MAURITIUS CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
18.52
66
2 Lung Cancers
12.57
96
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.97
86
4 Stomach Cancer
7.70
79
5 Cervical Cancer
6.18
84
6 Prostate Cancer
5.33
119
7 Liver Cancer
4.78
117
8 Oral Cancer
4.37
55
9 Pancreas Cancer
4.21
75
  Rate World Rank
10 Leukemia
3.34
118
11 Other Neoplasms
2.84
100
12 Oesophagus Cancer
2.51
100
13 Lymphomas
2.26
175
14 Ovary Cancer
1.79
129
15 Bladder Cancer
1.46
132
16 Skin Cancers
0.39
164
17 Uterin Cancer
0.32
174
 
 
Mauritius
MAURITIUS HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
3.9
117
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
35.7
1.1
63
125
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
6.6
23.6
128
88
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
217
74

 
Mauritius
MAURITIUS DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
1,284,264
146
Sex Ratio M / F
0.97
138
Population 0-14
22.5 %
130
Population 15-64
70.4 %
23
Population 65 +
7.1 %
74
Birth Rate / 1000
14.41
133
Death Rate / 1000
6.59
126
Fertulity Rate
1.81
137
Infant Mortality
12.20
134
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.99
128
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.67
158
Net Migrattion
-0.06
70
Population Growth
0.78
125
Literacy Total
84.4
120
Literacy Male
88.4
111
Literacy Female
80.5
114
Unemployment
7.6
85
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
74.3
70
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
63.0
91
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$12,100
70
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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