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Mauritius
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Mauritius and Botswana 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.

Botswana
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
Mauritius Population Pyramid
1,185,525
Botswana Population Pyramid
3,509,813
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Botswana BOTSWANA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
57.7
61.2
59.4
65
66
65
 
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
1970
60.3
64.6
62.4
70
69
67
 
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
1980
63.4
68.7
66.0
76
77
75
 
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
1990
65.6
73.4
69.4
82
66
72
 
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
2000
67.8
74.3
71.0
85
75
81
 
47.9
47.7
47.8
168
177
173
2010
70.1
76.6
73.3
85
75
83
 
58.7
63.7
61.1
150
143
149
2019
71.0
77.3
74.1
89
86
87
 
59.0
65.5
62.2
174
160
171
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Botswana BOTSWANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.0
77.3
89
86
59.0
65.5
174
160
Age
71.0
77.3
89
86
59.0
65.5
174
160
Age 5
72.1
78.4
92
85
61.8
68.1
176
173
Age 10
72.2
78.5
93
85
62.0
68.3
177
174
Age 15
72.3
78.5
95
85
62.1
68.4
177
174
Age 20
72.5
78.6
94
83
62.6
68.7
177
174
Age 25
72.8
78.8
96
82
63.2
69.2
178
174
Age 30
73.2
79.0
94
81
63.9
69.8
178
174
Age 35
73.7
79.2
93
82
64.9
70.7
177
173
Age 40
74.3
79.5
91
81
66.1
71.9
177
172
Age 45
75.0
79.9
89
81
67.7
73.3
176
169
Age 50
75.9
80.5
86
80
69.6
74.8
176
164
Age 55
77.1
81.1
82
77
71.8
76.4
174
159
Age 60
78.5
82.0
82
75
74.2
78.0
172
156
Age 65
80.2
83.0
76
72
76.7
79.7
171
150
Age 70
82.2
84.4
71
71
79.4
81.7
170
148
Age 75
84.4
86.1
72
67
82.4
84.0
166
145
Age 80
87.1
88.3
68
61
85.7
86.7
159
145
Age 85
90.1
90.7
72
67
89.2
89.9
155
144
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Botswana BOTSWANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Diabetes Mellitus
104.41
8
99.86
9
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.82
103
133.53
65
3. Stroke
56.52
121
133.30
30
4. Kidney Disease
41.13
20
38.81
24
5. Lung Disease
37.21
31
40.61
28
6. Hypertension
34.14
34
39.78
24
7. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
8.55
170
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.53
108
110.71
21
9. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
13.09
119
10. Road Traffic Accidents
10.85
122
30.39
48
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
2.09
181
12. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
3.39
153
13. HIV/AIDS
9.81
60
252.76
3
14. Suicide
8.75
87
20.22
14
15. Liver Disease
8.61
136
30.38
56
16. Inflammatory/Heart
6.69
55
13.33
15
17. Asthma
6.38
78
17.13
28
18. Congenital Anomalies
6.34
76
8.12
28
19. Endocrine Disorders
6.10
51
6.51
44
20. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
0.74
182
21. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
18.90
40
22. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
2.44
164
23. Other Neoplasms
4.61
17
0.75
67
24. Birth Trauma
4.26
71
5.97
56
25. Other Injuries
4.15
150
11.76
48
26. Skin Disease
3.73
22
2.52
37
27. Low Birth Weight
3.62
113
10.36
34
28. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
5.52
33
29. Falls
3.56
135
4.45
115
30. Lymphomas
3.36
138
4.43
104
31. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
1.23
153
32. Alcohol
3.15
31
1.92
62
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
1.33
159
34. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
4.32
118
35. Drownings
3.02
75
3.71
54
36. Leukemia
2.86
127
0.76
174
37. Alzheimers & Dementia
2.41
177
18.91
71
38. Epilepsy
2.36
51
2.90
31
39. Violence
2.18
128
18.25
22
40. Anemia
2.05
6
0.00
79
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
8.01
18
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.41
118
30.71
49
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.26
140
7.00
32
44. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
0.52
178
45. Drug Use
1.16
95
1.40
73
46. Tuberculosis
1.09
124
34.54
30
47. Maternal Conditions
0.87
91
4.92
49
48. Poisonings
0.74
80
1.90
48
49. Parkinson's Disease
0.70
179
4.69
60
50. Fires
0.62
130
6.18
5
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Diabetes Mellitus
1,873
18.89
1,273
6.56
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1,805
18.21
1,632
8.41
3. Stroke
985
9.94
1,588
8.18
4. Kidney Disease
724
7.30
506
2.61
5. Lung Disease
646
6.52
482
2.48
6. Hypertension
592
5.97
471
2.43
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
346
3.49
1,674
8.63
8. Breast Cancer
232
2.34
68
0.35
9. Lung Cancers
182
1.84
45
0.23
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
182
1.84
28
0.14
11. Road Traffic Accidents
155
1.56
608
3.13
12. Liver Disease
145
1.46
459
2.37
13. HIV/AIDS
141
1.42
4,950
25.51
14. Suicide
120
1.21
370
1.91
15. Prostate Cancer
115
1.16
45
0.23
16. Inflammatory/Heart
108
1.09
177
0.91
17. Asthma
107
1.08
232
1.20
18. Stomach Cancer
104
1.05
10
0.05
19. Endocrine Disorders
101
1.02
103
0.53
20. Other Neoplasms
77
0.78
9
0.05
21. Other Injuries
66
0.67
216
1.11
22. Skin Disease
64
0.65
30
0.15
23. Oral Cancer
63
0.64
70
0.36
24. Falls
57
0.57
62
0.32
25. Congenital Anomalies
57
0.57
287
1.48
26. Lymphomas
57
0.57
77
0.40
27. Liver Cancer
56
0.56
57
0.29
28. Pancreas Cancer
55
0.55
16
0.08
29. Alcohol
53
0.53
31
0.16
30. Cervical Cancer
49
0.49
164
0.85
31. Leukemia
48
0.48
13
0.07
32. Ovary Cancer
46
0.46
19
0.10
33. Drownings
43
0.43
83
0.43
34. Alzheimers & Dementia
42
0.42
164
0.85
35. Birth Trauma
37
0.37
261
1.34
36. Low Birth Weight
37
0.37
447
2.30
37. Epilepsy
35
0.35
56
0.29
38. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.35
103
0.53
39. Anemia
33
0.33
0
0.00
40. Uterin Cancer
32
0.32
9
0.05
41. Violence
30
0.30
389
2.00
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
23
0.23
527
2.72
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
22
0.22
90
0.46
44. Bladder Cancer
21
0.21
6
0.03
45. Tuberculosis
17
0.17
649
3.34
46. Drug Use
16
0.16
26
0.13
47. Parkinson's Disease
12
0.12
47
0.24
48. Poisonings
11
0.11
42
0.22
49. Maternal Conditions
11
0.11
118
0.61
50. Fires
10
0.10
108
0.56
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
8.55
170
2. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
13.09
119
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
2.09
181
4. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
3.39
153
5. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
0.74
182
6. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
18.90
40
7. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
2.44
164
8. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
5.52
33
9. Lymphomas
3.36
138
4.43
104
10. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
1.23
153
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
1.33
159
12. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
4.32
118
13. Leukemia
2.86
127
0.76
174
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
8.01
18
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
0.52
178
16. Skin Cancers
0.24
172
4.55
11
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.