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Iraq
COUNTRY #1
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
IRAQ VS MAURITANIA

Compare Iraq 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
Iraq Population Pyramid
70,940,131
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
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
  Iraq IRAQ   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Iraq IRAQ   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
49.4
51.2
50.3
90
95
94
  
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
55.1
56.9
56.0
91
96
93
  
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
60.2
62.8
61.5
92
100
93
  
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
60.2
63.3
61.8
119
125
121
  
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
67.8
72.3
70.0
82
97
94
  
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
68.4
72.8
70.6
96
109
101
  
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
69.9
75.0
72.4
98
106
108
  
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
75.0
98
106
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
69.9
75.0
98
106
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
72.0
76.8
93
99
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
72.2
76.9
94
99
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
72.3
77.0
92
99
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
72.6
77.2
92
99
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
73.0
77.4
90
98
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
73.3
77.6
91
99
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
73.7
77.8
92
98
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
74.1
78.1
95
98
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
74.6
78.4
94
98
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
75.4
79.0
93
98
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
76.3
79.7
93
99
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
77.6
80.7
94
98
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
79.3
81.9
95
97
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
81.4
83.4
100
95
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
83.8
85.4
91
91
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
86.7
87.7
87
88
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
89.9
90.4
86
85
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
227.26
23
97.58
114
2. Stroke
128.44
31
74.41
100
3. Diabetes Mellitus
43.40
51
33.08
83
4. Kidney Disease
37.39
29
28.66
67
5. Road Traffic Accidents
34.41
37
31.87
44
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.16
66
19.76
53
7. Violence
17.20
26
13.71
31
8. Hypertension
16.27
101
16.11
102
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
135
84.48
39
10. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
14.72
122
11. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
2.77
163
12. Liver Disease
10.94
118
25.88
73
13. Lung Disease
8.53
174
16.35
131
14. War
8.37
6
0.04
76
15. Low Birth Weight
8.00
54
15.92
3
16. Congenital Anomalies
6.83
57
7.27
46
17. Other Injuries
6.33
113
8.96
76
18. Inflammatory/Heart
5.43
77
4.86
90
19. Asthma
5.15
86
8.59
70
20. Birth Trauma
4.96
66
9.85
27
21. Leukemia
4.79
26
0.73
176
22. Suicide
4.74
144
5.47
132
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.74
59
4.87
54
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
5.29
146
25. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
6.03
91
26. Lymphomas
3.82
128
2.74
157
27. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
2.05
93
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.46
87
44.13
41
29. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
3.39
128
30. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
12.80
20
31. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
1.67
151
32. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
18.54
72
33. Falls
2.77
156
6.66
73
34. Fires
2.35
66
3.05
47
35. Tuberculosis
2.26
106
24.14
46
36. Maternal Conditions
2.17
68
16.08
15
37. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
2.03
130
38. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
2.41
54
39. Drug Use
1.73
58
2.66
30
40. Drownings
1.56
127
2.10
112
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.42
93
1.53
91
42. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
27.42
20
43. Endocrine Disorders
1.35
167
4.39
78
44. Pertussis
1.08
63
7.56
2
45. Meningitis
1.07
77
8.18
39
46. Encephalitis
1.07
17
0.80
40
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
1.31
140
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.92
151
4.26
67
49. Epilepsy
0.75
161
1.97
72
50. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
1.46
141
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iraq IRAQ   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,594
24.98
1,636
6.92
2. Stroke
20,793
14.19
1,307
5.53
3. Road Traffic Accidents
10,726
7.32
1,158
4.90
4. Diabetes Mellitus
7,395
5.05
594
2.51
5. Low Birth Weight
6,573
4.49
2,014
8.52
6. Kidney Disease
6,323
4.32
555
2.35
7. Violence
5,658
3.86
491
2.08
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,551
3.79
2,756
11.66
9. Congenital Anomalies
4,812
3.28
665
2.81
10. Birth Trauma
4,223
2.88
1,204
5.10
11. War
2,942
2.01
2
0.01
12. Hypertension
2,451
1.67
286
1.21
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,429
1.66
251
1.06
14. Other Injuries
2,212
1.51
343
1.45
15. Lung Cancers
2,162
1.48
60
0.25
16. Liver Disease
2,127
1.45
586
2.48
17. Breast Cancer
1,783
1.22
189
0.80
18. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,578
1.08
1,656
7.01
19. Suicide
1,418
0.97
141
0.60
20. Lung Disease
1,329
0.91
275
1.16
21. Leukemia
1,315
0.90
22
0.09
22. Inflammatory/Heart
1,190
0.81
110
0.47
23. Asthma
914
0.62
170
0.72
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
852
0.58
110
0.47
25. Tuberculosis
821
0.56
717
3.03
26. Lymphomas
811
0.55
65
0.28
27. Maternal Conditions
780
0.53
639
2.70
28. Stomach Cancer
771
0.53
132
0.56
29. Fires
742
0.51
123
0.52
30. Falls
709
0.48
140
0.59
31. Drownings
658
0.45
116
0.49
32. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.45
69
0.29
33. Pertussis
636
0.43
574
2.43
34. Bladder Cancer
628
0.43
42
0.18
35. Liver Cancer
555
0.38
312
1.32
36. Pancreas Cancer
530
0.36
39
0.17
37. Endocrine Disorders
462
0.32
197
0.83
38. Drug Use
441
0.30
71
0.30
39. Oral Cancer
410
0.28
45
0.19
40. Encephalitis
378
0.26
33
0.14
41. Ovary Cancer
376
0.26
43
0.18
42. Meningitis
372
0.25
357
1.51
43. Skin Cancers
339
0.23
50
0.21
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
283
0.19
34
0.14
45. Epilepsy
253
0.17
75
0.32
46. Oesophagus Cancer
173
0.12
30
0.13
47. Prostate Cancer
171
0.12
118
0.50
48. Cervical Cancer
162
0.11
333
1.41
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
159
0.11
83
0.35
50. Syphilis
137
0.09
204
0.86
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iraq IRAQ   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
15.07
115
14.72
122
2. Lung Cancers
11.72
97
2.77
163
3. Leukemia
4.79
26
0.73
176
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.32
158
5.29
146
5. Stomach Cancer
3.94
132
6.03
91
6. Lymphomas
3.82
128
2.74
157
7. Bladder Cancer
3.81
31
2.05
93
8. Ovary Cancer
3.16
141
3.39
128
9. Liver Cancer
3.04
165
12.80
20
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.88
115
1.67
151
11. Prostate Cancer
2.81
176
18.54
72
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
133
2.03
130
13. Skin Cancers
2.00
87
2.41
54
14. Cervical Cancer
1.39
180
27.42
20
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.95
158
1.31
140
16. Uterin Cancer
0.59
173
1.46
141
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.