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Mauritania
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania
MAURITANIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
59.8
63.3
61.5
130
128
130
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
58.6
63.0
60.8
149
147
148
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Mauritania
MAURITANIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
58.6
63.0
149
147
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
65.4
67.8
151
159
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
66.1
68.5
151
159
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
66.4
68.9
151
158
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
66.8
69.4
149
157
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
67.5
70.1
149
157
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
68.2
70.9
149
157
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
69.0
71.7
148
160
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
70.0
72.5
149
163
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
71.0
73.5
151
164
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
72.3
74.5
150
167
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
73.8
75.7
150
168
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
75.6
77.2
153
171
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.7
78.9
158
169
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.1
81.0
160
169
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.0
83.6
162
173
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.2
86.7
170
173
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.9
90.2
170
182
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.1
169
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania
MAURITANIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
149.96
25
  
23.69
125
2 Stroke
133.46
48
  
36.89
160
3 Tuberculosis
115.35
7
  
0.41
170
4 Coronary Heart Disease
108.20
101
  
68.80
155
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
83.59
28
  
1.95
119
6 Diabetes Mellitus
52.02
56
  
5.04
185
7 Lung Disease
37.26
58
  
21.47
98
8 HIV/AIDS
32.89
48
  
0.40
137
9 Hypertension
27.32
87
  
3.67
183
10 Low Birth Weight
26.83
12
  
3.39
144
11 Road Traffic Accidents
26.06
43
  
4.77
180
12 Malaria
26.02
35
  
0.01
104
13 Asthma
24.21
13
  
1.09
153
14 Kidney Disease
22.58
61
  
3.23
185
15 Birth Trauma
20.03
21
  
0.64
166
16 Other Injuries
19.99
43
  
5.54
170
17 Maternal Conditions
18.90
29
  
0.15
151
18 Liver Cancer
18.36
13
  
3.07
164
19 Violence
16.84
51
  
1.14
160
20 Endocrine Disorders
16.25
40
  
3.13
147
21 Breast Cancer
15.71
103
  
23.62
20
22 Cervical Cancer
15.17
15
  
1.38
161
23 Inflammatory/Heart
13.48
46
  
2.97
152
24 Meningitis
11.78
32
  
0.41
149
25 Epilepsy
8.51
25
  
1.57
104
26 Prostate Cancer
8.48
55
  
8.21
58
27 Schistosomiasis
8.39
17
  
0.00
64
28 Alzheimers/Dementia
7.99
68
  
17.08
14
29 Congenital Anomalies
7.61
47
  
3.68
164
30 Suicide
7.05
99
  
6.90
101
31 Liver Disease
6.90
129
  
9.48
96
32 Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.82
44
  
2.54
123
33 Stomach Cancer
6.63
98
  
4.81
130
34 Malnutrition
6.39
59
  
0.07
172
35 Anaemia
6.22
39
  
0.15
171
36 Syphilis
5.97
3
  
0.00
147
37 Poisonings
5.54
39
  
2.81
89
38 Fires
5.08
34
  
0.45
158
39 Skin Disease
4.34
51
  
1.50
104
40 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
148
  
15.49
33
41 Other Neoplasms
3.99
56
  
2.95
92
42 Drownings
3.97
86
  
0.35
187
43 Lymphomas
3.94
133
  
7.35
36
44 Falls
3.88
94
  
3.51
109
45 Pertussis
2.76
23
  
0.02
106
46 Bladder Cancer
2.35
92
  
4.27
28
47 Lung Cancers
2.30
169
  
30.98
18
48 Ovary Cancer
1.83
123
  
3.96
20
49 Leukemia
1.81
168
  
4.39
63
50 Upper Respiratory
1.76
44
  
0.07
144
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Mauritania
MAURITANIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
4,046
15.23
  
37,348
8.00
2 Diarrhoeal diseases
2,933
11.04
  
3,081
0.66
3 Tuberculosis
2,728
10.27
  
443
0.09
4 Stroke
1,501
5.65
  
55,919
11.98
5 Low Birth Weight
1,447
5.45
  
1,386
0.30
6 Coronary Heart Disease
1,232
4.64
  
92,299
19.77
7 Malaria
1,170
4.41
  
5
0.00
8 Birth Trauma
1,081
4.07
  
262
0.06
9 HIV/AIDS
862
3.25
  
266
0.06
10 Road Traffic Accidents
695
2.62
  
3,073
0.66
11 Diabetes Mellitus
628
2.36
  
6,682
1.43
12 Maternal Conditions
605
2.28
  
81
0.02
13 Other Injuries
591
2.23
  
6,029
1.29
14 Violence
485
1.83
  
703
0.15
15 Meningitis
440
1.66
  
278
0.06
16 Lung Disease
437
1.65
  
29,069
6.23
17 Congenital Anomalies
378
1.42
  
1,950
0.42
18 Asthma
360
1.36
  
1,260
0.27
19 Kidney Disease
318
1.20
  
4,804
1.03
20 Liver Cancer
313
1.18
  
3,470
0.74
21 Hypertension
299
1.13
  
5,191
1.11
22 Syphilis
290
1.09
  
3
0.00
23 Endocrine Disorders
248
0.93
  
3,056
0.65
24 Cervical Cancer
244
0.92
  
1,322
0.28
25 Malnutrition
234
0.88
  
85
0.02
26 Inflammatory/Heart
196
0.74
  
3,014
0.65
27 Epilepsy
184
0.69
  
1,201
0.26
28 Schistosomiasis
176
0.66
  
1
0.00
29 Fires
170
0.64
  
380
0.08
30 Suicide
166
0.63
  
4,660
1.00
31 Pertussis
148
0.56
  
6
0.00
32 Breast Cancer
142
0.53
  
14,343
3.07
33 Poisonings
131
0.49
  
1,805
0.39
34 Drownings
129
0.49
  
233
0.05
35 Liver Disease
108
0.41
  
7,767
1.66
36 Anaemia
104
0.39
  
260
0.06
37 Stomach Cancer
98
0.37
  
6,006
1.29
38 Peptic Ulcer Disease
95
0.36
  
3,294
0.71
39 Lymphomas
87
0.33
  
8,744
1.87
40 Tetanus
86
0.32
  
0
0.00
41 Vitamin A Deficiency
86
0.32
  
0
0.00
42 Prostate Cancer
77
0.29
  
11,508
2.46
43 Falls
67
0.25
  
4,450
0.95
44 Other Neoplasms
67
0.25
  
3,829
0.82
45 Colon-Rectum Cancers
67
0.25
  
18,951
4.06
46 Alzheimers/Dementia
62
0.23
  
29,116
6.24
47 Upper Respiratory
55
0.21
  
56
0.01
48 Skin Disease
50
0.19
  
2,188
0.47
49 Rheumatic Heart Disease
41
0.15
  
1,204
0.26
50 Leishmaniasis
38
0.14
  
1
0.00
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania
MAURITANIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Liver Cancer
18.36
13
  
3.07
164
2 Breast Cancer
15.71
103
  
23.62
20
3 Cervical Cancer
15.17
15
  
1.38
161
4 Prostate Cancer
8.48
55
  
8.21
58
5 Stomach Cancer
6.63
98
  
4.81
130
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.11
148
  
15.49
33
7 Other Neoplasms
3.99
56
  
2.95
92
8 Lymphomas
3.94
133
  
7.35
36
9 Bladder Cancer
2.35
92
  
4.27
28
10 Lung Cancers
2.30
169
  
30.98
18
11 Ovary Cancer
1.83
123
  
3.96
20
12 Leukemia
1.81
168
  
4.39
63
13 Oral Cancer
1.58
163
  
2.39
113
14 Oesophagus Cancer
1.57
136
  
7.62
30
15 Pancreas Cancer
1.50
143
  
6.81
39
16 Skin Cancers
1.12
102
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.60
132
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Mauritania
MAURITANIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
3,129,486
131
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.93
176
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
41.0 %
37
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
55.7 %
156
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.4 %
147
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
34.11
36
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
9.16
77
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
4.45
37
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
63.42
34
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.89
188
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.74
120
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.96
101
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.40
28
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
51.2
168
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
59.5
166
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
43.4
158
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
30.0
21
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
60.8
148
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
51.0
154
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$2,100
152
  
$36,600
23
 

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