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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius
MAURITIUS		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
57.7
61.2
59.4
65
66
65
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
60.3
64.6
62.4
70
69
67
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
63.4
68.7
66.0
76
77
75
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
65.6
73.4
69.4
83
66
72
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
68.2
75.3
71.7
72
59
66
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
70.8
77.9
74.3
79
61
70
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Mauritius
MAURITIUS		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
70.8
77.9
79
61
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
71.4
78.6
97
76
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
71.6
78.6
96
78
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
71.6
78.7
98
78
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
71.9
78.8
97
78
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
72.1
79.0
100
77
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
72.4
79.1
103
79
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
72.8
79.3
105
76
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
73.3
79.6
105
77
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
74.1
79.9
101
78
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
75.1
80.4
99
79
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
76.4
81.1
97
81
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
78.0
81.9
95
82
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
79.7
83.2
93
74
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
82.0
84.8
89
73
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
84.5
86.6
85
72
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
87.7
88.9
73
73
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.1
91.8
70
67
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.8
95.1
56
63
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.7
98.8
58
66
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.0
103.1
58
60
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius
MAURITIUS		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Diabetes Mellitus
176.03
1
  
5.04
185
2 Coronary Heart Disease
118.43
85
  
68.80
155
3 Stroke
76.72
112
  
36.89
160
4 Hypertension
44.43
41
  
3.67
183
5 Breast Cancer
18.52
66
  
23.62
20
6 Liver Disease
16.18
48
  
9.48
96
7 Road Traffic Accidents
14.12
105
  
4.77
180
8 Asthma
13.84
42
  
1.09
153
9 Lung Cancers
12.57
96
  
30.98
18
10 Influenza & Pneumonia
11.59
159
  
23.69
125
11 Kidney Disease
10.78
121
  
3.23
185
12 Other Injuries
8.58
126
  
5.54
170
13 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.97
86
  
15.49
33
14 Stomach Cancer
7.70
79
  
4.81
130
15 Suicide
6.71
103
  
6.90
101
16 Congenital Anomalies
6.51
86
  
3.68
164
17 Lung Disease
6.23
178
  
21.47
98
18 Cervical Cancer
6.18
84
  
1.38
161
19 Alcohol
5.88
10
  
1.10
76
20 Endocrine Disorders
5.60
105
  
3.13
147
21 Birth Trauma
5.39
81
  
0.64
166
22 Prostate Cancer
5.33
119
  
8.21
58
23 Liver Cancer
4.78
117
  
3.07
164
24 Oral Cancer
4.37
55
  
2.39
113
25 Drownings
4.26
70
  
0.35
187
26 Pancreas Cancer
4.21
75
  
6.81
39
27 Inflammatory/Heart
4.15
120
  
2.97
152
28 Violence
4.09
105
  
1.14
160
29 Low Birth Weight
4.01
139
  
3.39
144
30 HIV/AIDS
3.83
90
  
0.40
137
31 Leukemia
3.34
118
  
4.39
63
32 Other Neoplasms
2.84
100
  
2.95
92
33 Malnutrition
2.78
88
  
0.07
172
34 Epilepsy
2.55
71
  
1.57
104
35 Oesophagus Cancer
2.51
100
  
7.62
30
36 Anaemia
2.50
84
  
0.15
171
37 Alzheimers/Dementia
2.28
134
  
17.08
14
38 Lymphomas
2.26
175
  
7.35
36
39 Falls
2.15
147
  
3.51
109
40 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.96
117
  
1.95
119
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.94
142
  
2.54
123
42 Ovary Cancer
1.79
129
  
3.96
20
43 Skin Disease
1.68
99
  
1.50
104
44 Bladder Cancer
1.46
132
  
4.27
28
45 Fires
1.35
108
  
0.45
158
46 Tuberculosis
1.20
151
  
0.41
170
47 Meningitis
1.17
117
  
0.41
149
48 Parkinson Disease
0.84
142
  
3.48
8
49 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.84
39
  
0.67
68
50 Poisonings
0.66
155
  
2.81
89
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Mauritius
MAURITIUS		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Diabetes Mellitus
2,094
27.06
  
6,682
1.43
2 Coronary Heart Disease
1,381
17.84
  
92,299
19.77
3 Stroke
874
11.29
  
55,919
11.98
4 Hypertension
511
6.60
  
5,191
1.11
5 Liver Disease
218
2.82
  
7,767
1.66
6 Road Traffic Accidents
186
2.40
  
3,073
0.66
7 Asthma
158
2.04
  
1,260
0.27
8 Lung Cancers
149
1.93
  
35,845
7.68
9 Influenza & Pneumonia
131
1.69
  
37,348
8.00
10 Kidney Disease
130
1.68
  
4,804
1.03
11 Breast Cancer
128
1.65
  
14,343
3.07
12 Other Injuries
107
1.38
  
6,029
1.29
13 Colon-Rectum Cancers
96
1.24
  
18,951
4.06
14 Stomach Cancer
94
1.21
  
6,006
1.29
15 Suicide
89
1.15
  
4,660
1.00
16 Alcohol
80
1.03
  
862
0.18
17 Cervical Cancer
75
0.97
  
1,322
0.28
18 Congenital Anomalies
69
0.89
  
1,950
0.42
19 Lung Disease
69
0.89
  
29,069
6.23
20 Endocrine Disorders
65
0.84
  
3,056
0.65
21 Prostate Cancer
59
0.76
  
11,508
2.46
22 Liver Cancer
56
0.72
  
3,470
0.74
23 Birth Trauma
56
0.72
  
262
0.06
24 Drownings
54
0.70
  
233
0.05
25 Violence
54
0.70
  
703
0.15
26 HIV/AIDS
53
0.68
  
266
0.06
27 Oral Cancer
53
0.68
  
2,428
0.52
28 Inflammatory/Heart
52
0.67
  
3,014
0.65
29 Pancreas Cancer
52
0.67
  
7,954
1.70
30 Low Birth Weight
41
0.53
  
1,386
0.30
31 Leukemia
41
0.53
  
5,077
1.09
32 Other Neoplasms
35
0.45
  
3,829
0.82
33 Epilepsy
34
0.44
  
1,201
0.26
34 Malnutrition
31
0.40
  
85
0.02
35 Oesophagus Cancer
31
0.40
  
8,762
1.88
36 Anaemia
28
0.36
  
260
0.06
37 Lymphomas
28
0.36
  
8,744
1.87
38 Falls
28
0.36
  
4,450
0.95
39 Alzheimers/Dementia
25
0.32
  
29,116
6.24
40 Peptic Ulcer Disease
23
0.30
  
3,294
0.71
41 Diarrhoeal diseases
22
0.28
  
3,081
0.66
42 Ovary Cancer
22
0.28
  
4,366
0.94
43 Skin Disease
19
0.25
  
2,188
0.47
44 Fires
18
0.23
  
380
0.08
45 Bladder Cancer
17
0.22
  
5,842
1.25
46 Tuberculosis
15
0.19
  
443
0.09
47 Meningitis
13
0.17
  
278
0.06
48 Parkinson Disease
10
0.13
  
5,348
1.15
49 Rheumatoid Arthritis
9
0.12
  
905
0.19
50 Poisonings
9
0.12
  
1,805
0.39
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius
MAURITIUS		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
18.52
66
  
23.62
20
2 Lung Cancers
12.57
96
  
30.98
18
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.97
86
  
15.49
33
4 Stomach Cancer
7.70
79
  
4.81
130
5 Cervical Cancer
6.18
84
  
1.38
161
6 Prostate Cancer
5.33
119
  
8.21
58
7 Liver Cancer
4.78
117
  
3.07
164
8 Oral Cancer
4.37
55
  
2.39
113
9 Pancreas Cancer
4.21
75
  
6.81
39
10 Leukemia
3.34
118
  
4.39
63
11 Other Neoplasms
2.84
100
  
2.95
92
12 Oesophagus Cancer
2.51
100
  
7.62
30
13 Lymphomas
2.26
175
  
7.35
36
14 Ovary Cancer
1.79
129
  
3.96
20
15 Bladder Cancer
1.46
132
  
4.27
28
16 Skin Cancers
0.39
164
  
2.74
32
17 Uterin Cancer
0.32
174
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Mauritius
MAURITIUS		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
1,284,264
146
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.97
138
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
22.5 %
130
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
70.4 %
23
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
7.1 %
74
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
14.41
133
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
6.59
126
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.81
137
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
12.20
134
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.05
130
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.03
142
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.99
128
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.67
158
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
-0.06
70
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.78
125
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
84.4
120
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
88.4
111
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
80.5
114
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
7.6
85
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
74.3
70
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
63.0
91
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$12,100
70
  
$36,600
23
 

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