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Japan
COUNTRY #1
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JAPAN VS MAURITANIA

Compare Japan 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
Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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
  Japan JAPAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Japan JAPAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
  
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
  
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
  
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
  
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
  
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
  
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
  
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.5
86.9
2
1
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
81.5
86.9
2
1
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
81.7
87.2
2
1
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
81.7
87.2
2
1
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
81.8
87.2
2
1
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
81.9
87.2
2
1
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
82.0
87.3
2
1
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
82.1
87.4
2
1
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
82.2
87.4
3
1
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
82.4
87.6
3
1
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
82.6
87.7
3
1
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
82.9
87.9
3
1
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
83.4
88.2
3
1
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
84.0
88.6
3
1
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
84.8
89.0
4
1
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
86.0
89.6
2
1
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
87.3
90.3
6
1
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
89.0
91.3
8
2
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
91.4
92.8
9
3
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.62
181
97.58
114
2. Stroke
23.21
161
74.41
100
3. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
2.77
163
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.56
129
84.48
39
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
5.29
146
6. Lung Disease
12.69
156
16.35
131
7. Suicide
12.24
49
5.47
132
8. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.03
91
9. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
14.72
122
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.67
151
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.87
159
19.76
53
12. Kidney Disease
7.61
154
28.66
67
13. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
12.80
20
14. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
18.54
72
15. Other Injuries
4.92
133
8.96
76
16. Liver Disease
4.78
164
25.88
73
17. Lymphomas
4.22
111
2.74
157
18. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
3.39
128
19. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
1.31
140
20. Other Neoplasms
3.05
31
0.44
93
21. Leukemia
2.76
133
0.73
176
22. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
27.42
20
23. Congenital Anomalies
2.49
167
7.27
46
24. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
135
4.39
78
25. Parkinson's Disease
2.33
156
4.87
54
26. Road Traffic Accidents
2.21
175
31.87
44
27. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.03
130
28. Drownings
2.12
109
2.10
112
29. Inflammatory/Heart
2.08
163
4.86
90
30. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.46
141
31. Falls
1.98
173
6.66
73
32. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
2.05
93
33. Diabetes Mellitus
1.35
182
33.08
83
34. Hypertension
1.07
183
16.11
102
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.61
169
4.26
67
36. Tuberculosis
0.53
140
24.14
46
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.53
161
44.13
41
38. Epilepsy
0.51
176
1.97
72
39. Hepatitis C
0.50
19
0.11
87
40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.48
56
0.26
98
41. Skin Disease
0.47
142
2.17
54
42. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.41
54
43. Malnutrition
0.41
118
13.89
20
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.40
162
1.53
91
45. Asthma
0.36
174
8.59
70
46. Hepatitis B
0.34
77
0.71
49
47. Drug Use
0.33
177
2.66
30
48. Fires
0.33
161
3.05
47
49. Low Birth Weight
0.32
183
15.92
3
50. Schizophrenia
0.31
17
0.00
130
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Japan JAPAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
163,905
14.84
1,636
6.92
2. Stroke
121,823
11.03
1,307
5.53
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
107,899
9.77
2,756
11.66
4. Lung Cancers
79,688
7.21
60
0.25
5. Lung Disease
78,169
7.08
275
1.16
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
57,340
5.19
110
0.47
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
56,937
5.15
251
1.06
8. Stomach Cancer
50,433
4.57
132
0.56
9. Kidney Disease
44,779
4.05
555
2.35
10. Pancreas Cancer
37,027
3.35
39
0.17
11. Liver Cancer
29,384
2.66
312
1.32
12. Other Injuries
22,068
2.00
343
1.45
13. Suicide
19,466
1.76
141
0.60
14. Lymphomas
19,273
1.74
65
0.28
15. Breast Cancer
15,805
1.43
189
0.80
16. Other Neoplasms
15,120
1.37
7
0.03
17. Liver Disease
14,195
1.29
586
2.48
18. Parkinson's Disease
14,007
1.27
69
0.29
19. Prostate Cancer
13,515
1.22
118
0.50
20. Oesophagus Cancer
12,316
1.11
30
0.13
21. Endocrine Disorders
11,486
1.04
197
0.83
22. Bladder Cancer
9,936
0.90
42
0.18
23. Falls
9,736
0.88
140
0.59
24. Leukemia
9,607
0.87
22
0.09
25. Drownings
8,409
0.76
116
0.49
26. Oral Cancer
8,333
0.75
45
0.19
27. Inflammatory/Heart
8,232
0.75
110
0.47
28. Hypertension
6,673
0.60
286
1.21
29. Diabetes Mellitus
5,433
0.49
594
2.51
30. Ovary Cancer
5,061
0.46
43
0.18
31. Road Traffic Accidents
4,566
0.41
1,158
4.90
32. Cervical Cancer
3,799
0.34
333
1.41
33. Uterin Cancer
3,461
0.31
17
0.07
34. Tuberculosis
3,459
0.31
717
3.03
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,922
0.26
83
0.35
36. Skin Disease
2,806
0.25
47
0.20
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,731
0.25
1,656
7.01
38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2,618
0.24
4
0.02
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,555
0.23
34
0.14
40. Congenital Anomalies
2,473
0.22
665
2.81
41. Hepatitis C
2,220
0.20
3
0.01
42. Asthma
1,922
0.17
170
0.72
43. Malnutrition
1,910
0.17
462
1.96
44. Skin Cancers
1,843
0.17
50
0.21
45. Epilepsy
1,558
0.14
75
0.32
46. Hepatitis B
1,423
0.13
22
0.09
47. Schizophrenia
1,052
0.10
0
0.00
48. Fires
1,007
0.09
123
0.52
49. Anemia
875
0.08
0
0.00
50. Drug Use
732
0.07
71
0.30
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Japan JAPAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.06
66
2.77
163
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.59
37
5.29
146
3. Stomach Cancer
11.47
28
6.03
91
4. Breast Cancer
10.31
155
14.72
122
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.87
10
1.67
151
6. Liver Cancer
6.62
62
12.80
20
7. Prostate Cancer
6.05
157
18.54
72
8. Lymphomas
4.22
111
2.74
157
9. Ovary Cancer
3.30
136
3.39
128
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.28
61
1.31
140
11. Leukemia
2.76
133
0.73
176
12. Cervical Cancer
2.73
152
27.42
20
13. Oral Cancer
2.19
124
2.03
130
14. Uterin Cancer
2.02
106
1.46
141
15. Bladder Cancer
1.86
104
2.05
93
16. Skin Cancers
0.42
167
2.41
54
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.