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Mauritania
COUNTRY #1
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MAURITANIA VS TURKMENISTAN

Compare Mauritania and Turkmenistan 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.

Turkmenistan
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
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%
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Turkmenistan Population Pyramid
7,949,276
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
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
  
51.2
58.3
54.6
86
73
79
1970
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
  
54.9
62.1
58.4
92
83
87
1980
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
  
57.5
64.6
61.0
109
92
98
1990
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
  
59.2
67.1
63.0
126
110
115
2000
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
  
59.9
67.9
63.8
129
119
122
2010
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
  
61.7
70.1
65.8
138
121
130
2019
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
  
66.5
73.0
69.7
129
117
122
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.1
68.7
119
141
66.5
73.0
129
117
Age
68.1
68.7
119
141
66.5
73.0
129
117
Age 5
73.8
73.6
71
129
70.0
75.9
122
108
Age 10
74.2
73.9
68
127
70.2
76.0
123
109
Age 15
74.3
74.1
68
127
70.3
76.1
125
109
Age 20
74.6
74.3
69
127
70.5
76.3
124
108
Age 25
74.9
74.6
69
127
70.8
76.6
126
107
Age 30
75.3
74.9
70
127
71.1
76.8
129
107
Age 35
75.7
75.2
70
127
71.6
77.0
129
108
Age 40
76.1
75.7
67
128
72.3
77.3
126
107
Age 45
76.6
76.2
66
129
73.1
77.7
125
106
Age 50
77.2
76.9
67
131
74.2
78.2
122
106
Age 55
78.1
77.8
66
134
75.5
78.9
117
106
Age 60
79.1
78.9
71
135
77.1
80.1
112
103
Age 65
80.6
80.3
70
131
79.1
81.3
107
103
Age 70
82.3
82.1
68
125
82.0
83.4
75
97
Age 75
84.6
84.4
67
127
85.2
86.2
56
64
Age 80
87.1
87.0
69
123
88.1
89.3
37
34
Age 85
90.1
90.2
71
112
91.9
92.2
2
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TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.58
114
278.65
13
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
84.48
39
17.71
123
3. Stroke
74.41
100
125.89
33
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
44.13
41
5.08
80
5. Malaria
43.02
20
0.00
176
6. Diabetes Mellitus
33.08
83
16.10
118
7. Road Traffic Accidents
31.87
44
15.37
94
8. Kidney Disease
28.66
67
14.39
123
9. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
9.80
85
10. Liver Disease
25.88
73
41.99
22
11. Tuberculosis
24.14
46
11.87
63
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.76
53
14.19
141
13. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
3.71
171
14. Lung Disease
16.35
131
8.70
171
15. Hypertension
16.11
102
13.37
113
16. Maternal Conditions
16.08
15
0.07
156
17. Low Birth Weight
15.92
3
11.05
27
18. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
16.34
99
19. Malnutrition
13.89
20
0.14
147
20. Violence
13.71
31
3.13
111
21. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
6.40
67
22. Birth Trauma
9.85
27
8.81
37
23. Other Injuries
8.96
76
5.68
121
24. Asthma
8.59
70
1.08
130
25. Meningitis
8.18
39
0.89
86
26. Pertussis
7.56
2
0.05
111
27. Congenital Anomalies
7.27
46
8.77
21
28. HIV/AIDS
7.20
66
52.75
21
29. Falls
6.66
73
1.94
174
30. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
10.51
38
31. Suicide
5.47
132
6.07
127
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
4.31
159
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.87
54
3.02
142
34. Inflammatory/Heart
4.86
90
13.50
14
35. Endocrine Disorders
4.39
78
2.31
140
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.26
67
2.22
100
37. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
3.48
127
38. Fires
3.05
47
2.02
73
39. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
9.52
107
40. Lymphomas
2.74
157
2.62
158
41. Drug Use
2.66
30
0.84
129
42. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
1.38
125
43. Syphilis
2.25
6
0.00
168
44. Skin Disease
2.17
54
0.22
167
45. Drownings
2.10
112
2.33
96
46. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
1.79
107
47. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
4.10
57
48. Epilepsy
1.97
72
1.64
88
49. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
3.11
107
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.53
91
1.81
76
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,756
11.66
1,137
3.32
2. Low Birth Weight
2,014
8.52
1,161
3.39
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,656
7.01
350
1.02
4. Coronary Heart Disease
1,636
6.92
9,941
29.02
5. Malaria
1,423
6.02
0
0.00
6. Stroke
1,307
5.53
4,771
13.93
7. Birth Trauma
1,204
5.10
912
2.66
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,158
4.90
800
2.34
9. Tuberculosis
717
3.03
595
1.74
10. Congenital Anomalies
665
2.81
768
2.24
11. Maternal Conditions
639
2.70
4
0.01
12. Diabetes Mellitus
594
2.51
694
2.03
13. Liver Disease
586
2.48
2,018
5.89
14. Pertussis
574
2.43
3
0.01
15. Kidney Disease
555
2.35
633
1.85
16. Violence
491
2.08
169
0.49
17. Malnutrition
462
1.96
8
0.02
18. Meningitis
357
1.51
63
0.18
19. Other Injuries
343
1.45
336
0.98
20. Cervical Cancer
333
1.41
250
0.73
21. Liver Cancer
312
1.32
279
0.81
22. Hypertension
286
1.21
478
1.40
23. Lung Disease
275
1.16
318
0.93
24. Alzheimers & Dementia
251
1.06
441
1.29
25. HIV/AIDS
231
0.98
3,008
8.78
26. Syphilis
204
0.86
0
0.00
27. Endocrine Disorders
197
0.83
141
0.41
28. Breast Cancer
189
0.80
417
1.22
29. Asthma
170
0.72
44
0.13
30. Suicide
141
0.60
337
0.98
31. Falls
140
0.59
103
0.30
32. Stomach Cancer
132
0.56
443
1.29
33. Fires
123
0.52
122
0.36
34. Prostate Cancer
118
0.50
60
0.18
35. Drownings
116
0.49
153
0.45
36. Inflammatory/Heart
110
0.47
663
1.94
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
110
0.47
177
0.52
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
83
0.35
103
0.30
39. Epilepsy
75
0.32
99
0.29
40. Drug Use
71
0.30
46
0.13
41. Parkinson's Disease
69
0.29
96
0.28
42. Poisonings
67
0.28
37
0.11
43. Lymphomas
65
0.28
131
0.38
44. Lung Cancers
60
0.25
417
1.22
45. Tetanus
58
0.25
15
0.04
46. Skin Cancers
50
0.21
54
0.16
47. Skin Disease
47
0.20
10
0.03
48. Oral Cancer
45
0.19
181
0.53
49. Ovary Cancer
43
0.18
93
0.27
50. Bladder Cancer
42
0.18
69
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
9.80
85
2. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
3.71
171
3. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
16.34
99
4. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
6.40
67
5. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
10.51
38
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
4.31
159
7. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
3.48
127
8. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
9.52
107
9. Lymphomas
2.74
157
2.62
158
10. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
1.38
125
11. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
1.79
107
12. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
4.10
57
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
3.11
107
14. Uterin Cancer
1.46
141
2.44
85
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
140
9.55
12
16. Leukemia
0.73
176
2.47
142
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.