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Mauritius
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
MAURITIUS VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Mauritius and North Korea 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.

North Korea
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
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
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
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
60.3
64.6
62.4
70
69
67
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
63.4
68.7
66.0
76
77
75
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
65.6
73.4
69.4
82
66
72
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
67.8
74.3
71.0
85
75
81
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
70.1
76.6
73.3
85
75
83
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
71.0
77.3
74.1
89
86
87
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.0
77.3
89
86
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
71.0
77.3
89
86
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
72.1
78.4
92
85
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
72.2
78.5
93
85
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
72.3
78.5
95
85
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
72.5
78.6
94
83
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
72.8
78.8
96
82
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
73.2
79.0
94
81
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
73.7
79.2
93
82
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
74.3
79.5
91
81
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
75.0
79.9
89
81
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
75.9
80.5
86
80
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
77.1
81.1
82
77
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
78.5
82.0
82
75
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
80.2
83.0
76
72
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
82.2
84.4
71
71
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
84.4
86.1
72
67
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
87.1
88.3
68
61
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.1
90.7
72
67
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Diabetes Mellitus
104.41
8
11.82
137
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.82
103
105.37
99
3. Stroke
56.52
121
162.14
15
4. Kidney Disease
41.13
20
12.98
129
5. Lung Disease
37.21
31
87.71
5
6. Hypertension
34.14
34
18.24
92
7. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
7.80
177
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.53
108
22.75
104
9. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
2.38
178
10. Road Traffic Accidents
10.85
122
22.21
64
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
10.37
70
12. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
37.70
4
13. HIV/AIDS
9.81
60
2.53
100
14. Suicide
8.75
87
8.20
95
15. Liver Disease
8.61
136
14.33
111
16. Inflammatory/Heart
6.69
55
2.40
153
17. Asthma
6.38
78
4.81
90
18. Congenital Anomalies
6.34
76
3.79
139
19. Endocrine Disorders
6.10
51
1.60
160
20. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
11.99
21
21. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
4.11
136
22. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
2.96
147
23. Other Neoplasms
4.61
17
0.14
180
24. Birth Trauma
4.26
71
2.66
86
25. Other Injuries
4.15
150
5.48
125
26. Skin Disease
3.73
22
0.58
138
27. Low Birth Weight
3.62
113
4.39
98
28. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
1.62
152
29. Falls
3.56
135
6.34
79
30. Lymphomas
3.36
138
1.84
175
31. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
0.78
168
32. Alcohol
3.15
31
1.00
116
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
4.85
68
34. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
16.66
12
35. Drownings
3.02
75
4.46
35
36. Leukemia
2.86
127
3.44
99
37. Alzheimers & Dementia
2.41
177
16.26
122
38. Epilepsy
2.36
51
0.98
137
39. Violence
2.18
128
3.97
101
40. Anemia
2.05
6
0.00
91
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
3.80
49
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.41
118
1.70
109
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.26
140
5.64
51
44. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
1.61
120
45. Drug Use
1.16
95
1.24
89
46. Tuberculosis
1.09
124
57.14
16
47. Maternal Conditions
0.87
91
1.02
84
48. Poisonings
0.74
80
1.29
64
49. Parkinson's Disease
0.70
179
3.78
113
50. Fires
0.62
130
0.90
118
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Diabetes Mellitus
1,873
18.89
3,671
1.71
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1,805
18.21
31,342
14.63
3. Stroke
985
9.94
49,648
23.17
4. Kidney Disease
724
7.30
3,959
1.85
5. Lung Disease
646
6.52
26,178
12.22
6. Hypertension
592
5.97
5,368
2.51
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
346
3.49
6,231
2.91
8. Breast Cancer
232
2.34
1,366
0.64
9. Lung Cancers
182
1.84
11,893
5.55
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
182
1.84
3,232
1.51
11. Road Traffic Accidents
155
1.56
6,210
2.90
12. Liver Disease
145
1.46
4,506
2.10
13. HIV/AIDS
141
1.42
753
0.35
14. Suicide
120
1.21
2,407
1.12
15. Prostate Cancer
115
1.16
219
0.10
16. Inflammatory/Heart
108
1.09
684
0.32
17. Asthma
107
1.08
1,439
0.67
18. Stomach Cancer
104
1.05
3,771
1.76
19. Endocrine Disorders
101
1.02
452
0.21
20. Other Neoplasms
77
0.78
44
0.02
21. Other Injuries
66
0.67
1,531
0.71
22. Skin Disease
64
0.65
158
0.07
23. Oral Cancer
63
0.64
513
0.24
24. Falls
57
0.57
1,801
0.84
25. Congenital Anomalies
57
0.57
991
0.46
26. Lymphomas
57
0.57
560
0.26
27. Liver Cancer
56
0.56
5,326
2.49
28. Pancreas Cancer
55
0.55
1,525
0.71
29. Alcohol
53
0.53
304
0.14
30. Cervical Cancer
49
0.49
704
0.33
31. Leukemia
48
0.48
965
0.45
32. Ovary Cancer
46
0.46
532
0.25
33. Drownings
43
0.43
1,126
0.53
34. Alzheimers & Dementia
42
0.42
4,340
2.03
35. Birth Trauma
37
0.37
736
0.34
36. Low Birth Weight
37
0.37
1,208
0.56
37. Epilepsy
35
0.35
266
0.12
38. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.35
1,222
0.57
39. Anemia
33
0.33
0
0.00
40. Uterin Cancer
32
0.32
138
0.06
41. Violence
30
0.30
1,082
0.50
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
23
0.23
374
0.17
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
22
0.22
1,712
0.80
44. Bladder Cancer
21
0.21
500
0.23
45. Tuberculosis
17
0.17
17,417
8.13
46. Drug Use
16
0.16
356
0.17
47. Parkinson's Disease
12
0.12
1,155
0.54
48. Poisonings
11
0.11
366
0.17
49. Maternal Conditions
11
0.11
252
0.12
50. Fires
10
0.10
253
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
7.80
177
2. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
2.38
178
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
10.37
70
4. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
37.70
4
5. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
11.99
21
6. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
4.11
136
7. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
2.96
147
8. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
1.62
152
9. Lymphomas
3.36
138
1.84
175
10. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
0.78
168
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
4.85
68
12. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
16.66
12
13. Leukemia
2.86
127
3.44
99
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
3.80
49
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
1.61
120
16. Skin Cancers
0.24
172
0.55
160
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.