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Jordan
COUNTRY #1
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JORDAN VS MAURITANIA

Compare Jordan 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
Jordan Population Pyramid
12,932,404
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Mauritania Population Pyramid
9,024,891
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Jordan JORDAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
46.0
48.5
47.2
105
106
104
  
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
53.0
56.3
54.6
101
99
100
  
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
60.9
64.7
62.7
90
91
90
  
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
65.5
69.0
67.2
86
98
93
  
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
70.4
73.3
71.7
52
88
69
  
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
71.9
75.1
73.4
61
93
80
  
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
77.0
78.8
77.9
35
66
45
  
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
77.0
78.8
35
66
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
77.0
78.8
35
66
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
78.4
80.0
35
61
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
78.5
80.1
35
61
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
78.7
80.2
35
59
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
78.8
80.3
35
59
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
79.0
80.3
36
59
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
79.1
80.4
37
61
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
79.3
80.5
37
62
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
79.5
80.7
38
62
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
79.8
80.9
38
63
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
80.2
81.1
38
67
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
80.8
81.5
38
69
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
81.6
82.1
38
72
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
82.7
83.0
38
74
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
84.2
84.2
38
74
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
86.0
85.8
37
77
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
88.4
87.9
23
79
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
91.0
90.4
24
89
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
98.90
111
97.58
114
2. Stroke
62.96
115
74.41
100
3. Diabetes Mellitus
34.57
77
33.08
83
4. Hypertension
33.16
37
16.11
102
5. Kidney Disease
30.36
58
28.66
67
6. Breast Cancer
21.02
43
14.72
122
7. Road Traffic Accidents
19.68
78
31.87
44
8. Lung Cancers
19.34
55
2.77
163
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.53
93
19.76
53
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
136
84.48
39
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.85
63
5.29
146
12. Lung Disease
9.42
169
16.35
131
13. Liver Disease
9.16
132
25.88
73
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.89
54
7.27
46
15. Prostate Cancer
6.59
149
18.54
72
16. Stomach Cancer
6.24
89
6.03
91
17. Leukemia
6.03
8
0.73
176
18. Low Birth Weight
5.49
85
15.92
3
19. Lymphomas
5.31
70
2.74
157
20. Ovary Cancer
4.47
90
3.39
128
21. Bladder Cancer
4.28
18
2.05
93
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.20
82
1.67
151
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.88
106
4.87
54
24. Liver Cancer
3.51
152
12.80
20
25. Other Injuries
3.30
165
8.96
76
26. Violence
2.89
114
13.71
31
27. Falls
2.84
155
6.66
73
28. Uterin Cancer
2.66
74
1.46
141
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.34
138
4.39
78
30. Oral Cancer
2.26
118
2.03
130
31. Asthma
2.17
111
8.59
70
32. Cervical Cancer
2.00
166
27.42
20
33. Suicide
1.98
179
5.47
132
34. Fires
1.91
77
3.05
47
35. Birth Trauma
1.77
97
9.85
27
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.66
110
44.13
41
37. Drug Use
1.64
64
2.66
30
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
135
4.26
67
39. Inflammatory/Heart
1.25
178
4.86
90
40. Oesophagus Cancer
1.09
151
1.31
140
41. Skin Disease
0.95
113
2.17
54
42. Drownings
0.94
150
2.10
112
43. Meningitis
0.89
85
8.18
39
44. Skin Cancers
0.64
155
2.41
54
45. Epilepsy
0.55
174
1.97
72
46. Maternal Conditions
0.51
109
16.08
15
47. Poisonings
0.49
98
1.50
59
48. Pertussis
0.46
79
7.56
2
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
166
1.53
91
50. Syphilis
0.35
71
2.25
6
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Jordan JORDAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,856
18.60
1,636
6.92
2. Stroke
2,908
11.14
1,307
5.53
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,717
6.58
1,158
4.90
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,684
6.45
594
2.51
5. Hypertension
1,532
5.87
286
1.21
6. Kidney Disease
1,494
5.72
555
2.35
7. Lung Cancers
1,059
4.06
60
0.25
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
937
3.59
2,756
11.66
9. Congenital Anomalies
934
3.58
665
2.81
10. Low Birth Weight
857
3.28
2,014
8.52
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
706
2.70
251
1.06
12. Breast Cancer
686
2.63
189
0.80
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
616
2.36
110
0.47
14. Liver Disease
494
1.89
586
2.48
15. Lung Disease
444
1.70
275
1.16
16. Leukemia
370
1.42
22
0.09
17. Stomach Cancer
365
1.40
132
0.56
18. Lymphomas
323
1.24
65
0.28
19. Other Injuries
294
1.13
343
1.45
20. Birth Trauma
271
1.04
1,204
5.10
21. Violence
269
1.03
491
2.08
22. Pancreas Cancer
245
0.94
39
0.17
23. Bladder Cancer
213
0.82
42
0.18
24. Falls
191
0.73
140
0.59
25. Liver Cancer
186
0.71
312
1.32
26. Endocrine Disorders
180
0.69
197
0.83
27. Parkinson's Disease
169
0.65
69
0.29
28. Suicide
165
0.63
141
0.60
29. Fires
153
0.59
123
0.52
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
152
0.58
1,656
7.01
31. Oral Cancer
143
0.55
45
0.19
32. Ovary Cancer
139
0.53
43
0.18
33. Prostate Cancer
131
0.50
118
0.50
34. Drug Use
115
0.44
71
0.30
35. Asthma
114
0.44
170
0.72
36. Drownings
107
0.41
116
0.49
37. Meningitis
78
0.30
357
1.51
38. Uterin Cancer
74
0.28
17
0.07
39. Inflammatory/Heart
74
0.28
110
0.47
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
83
0.35
41. Cervical Cancer
64
0.25
333
1.41
42. Oesophagus Cancer
63
0.24
30
0.13
43. Pertussis
55
0.21
574
2.43
44. Maternal Conditions
53
0.20
639
2.70
45. Syphilis
52
0.20
204
0.86
46. Epilepsy
49
0.19
75
0.32
47. Poisonings
47
0.18
67
0.28
48. Skin Disease
42
0.16
47
0.20
49. Skin Cancers
38
0.15
50
0.21
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
22
0.08
34
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
21.02
43
14.72
122
2. Lung Cancers
19.34
55
2.77
163
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.85
63
5.29
146
4. Prostate Cancer
6.59
149
18.54
72
5. Stomach Cancer
6.24
89
6.03
91
6. Leukemia
6.03
8
0.73
176
7. Lymphomas
5.31
70
2.74
157
8. Ovary Cancer
4.47
90
3.39
128
9. Bladder Cancer
4.28
18
2.05
93
10. Pancreas Cancer
4.20
82
1.67
151
11. Liver Cancer
3.51
152
12.80
20
12. Uterin Cancer
2.66
74
1.46
141
13. Oral Cancer
2.26
118
2.03
130
14. Cervical Cancer
2.00
166
27.42
20
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.09
151
1.31
140
16. Skin Cancers
0.64
155
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.