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Mauritius
COUNTRY #1
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MAURITIUS VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Mauritius and South 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.

South 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
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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South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
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
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   South Korea SOUTH 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
  
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
60.3
64.6
62.4
70
69
67
  
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
63.4
68.7
66.0
76
77
75
  
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
65.6
73.4
69.4
82
66
72
  
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
67.8
74.3
71.0
85
75
81
  
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
70.1
76.6
73.3
85
75
83
  
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
71.0
77.3
74.1
89
86
87
  
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.0
77.3
89
86
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
71.0
77.3
89
86
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
72.1
78.4
92
85
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
72.2
78.5
93
85
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
72.3
78.5
95
85
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
72.5
78.6
94
83
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
72.8
78.8
96
82
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
73.2
79.0
94
81
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
73.7
79.2
93
82
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
74.3
79.5
91
81
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
75.0
79.9
89
81
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
75.9
80.5
86
80
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
77.1
81.1
82
77
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
78.5
82.0
82
75
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
80.2
83.0
76
72
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
82.2
84.4
71
71
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
84.4
86.1
72
67
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
87.1
88.3
68
61
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
90.1
90.7
72
67
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Diabetes Mellitus
104.41
8
6.84
160
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.82
103
27.78
183
3. Stroke
56.52
121
25.48
155
4. Kidney Disease
41.13
20
9.92
142
5. Lung Disease
37.21
31
8.14
175
6. Hypertension
34.14
34
3.45
163
7. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
6.59
180
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.53
108
25.21
100
9. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
6.10
155
10. Road Traffic Accidents
10.85
122
5.76
150
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
10.56
68
12. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
20.90
49
13. HIV/AIDS
9.81
60
0.11
155
14. Suicide
8.75
87
21.16
12
15. Liver Disease
8.61
136
7.50
148
16. Inflammatory/Heart
6.69
55
1.55
172
17. Asthma
6.38
78
1.08
129
18. Congenital Anomalies
6.34
76
1.82
181
19. Endocrine Disorders
6.10
51
2.11
148
20. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
9.13
50
21. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
2.29
160
22. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
2.84
149
23. Other Neoplasms
4.61
17
1.89
55
24. Birth Trauma
4.26
71
0.39
164
25. Other Injuries
4.15
150
3.88
154
26. Skin Disease
3.73
22
0.67
126
27. Low Birth Weight
3.62
113
1.62
152
28. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
1.60
154
29. Falls
3.56
135
3.34
142
30. Lymphomas
3.36
138
3.72
131
31. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
0.89
165
32. Alcohol
3.15
31
1.34
97
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
7.34
34
34. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
12.57
21
35. Drownings
3.02
75
0.71
161
36. Leukemia
2.86
127
2.65
138
37. Alzheimers & Dementia
2.41
177
11.04
154
38. Epilepsy
2.36
51
0.72
166
39. Violence
2.18
128
0.68
170
40. Anemia
2.05
6
0.30
41
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
1.84
115
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.41
118
0.91
139
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.26
140
0.54
171
44. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
1.74
111
45. Drug Use
1.16
95
0.20
181
46. Tuberculosis
1.09
124
1.93
110
47. Maternal Conditions
0.87
91
0.07
158
48. Poisonings
0.74
80
0.15
158
49. Parkinson's Disease
0.70
179
3.78
114
50. Fires
0.62
130
0.33
159
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Diabetes Mellitus
1,873
18.89
6,812
2.72
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1,805
18.21
28,043
11.19
3. Stroke
985
9.94
25,596
10.21
4. Kidney Disease
724
7.30
10,107
4.03
5. Lung Disease
646
6.52
8,526
3.40
6. Hypertension
592
5.97
3,711
1.48
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
346
3.49
26,650
10.63
8. Breast Cancer
232
2.34
2,880
1.15
9. Lung Cancers
182
1.84
20,293
8.10
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
182
1.84
10,180
4.06
11. Road Traffic Accidents
155
1.56
4,399
1.76
12. Liver Disease
145
1.46
6,348
2.53
13. HIV/AIDS
141
1.42
84
0.03
14. Suicide
120
1.21
14,636
5.84
15. Prostate Cancer
115
1.16
2,316
0.92
16. Inflammatory/Heart
108
1.09
1,325
0.53
17. Asthma
107
1.08
1,150
0.46
18. Stomach Cancer
104
1.05
8,625
3.44
19. Endocrine Disorders
101
1.02
1,891
0.75
20. Other Neoplasms
77
0.78
1,807
0.72
21. Other Injuries
66
0.67
3,634
1.45
22. Skin Disease
64
0.65
704
0.28
23. Oral Cancer
63
0.64
1,457
0.58
24. Falls
57
0.57
2,934
1.17
25. Congenital Anomalies
57
0.57
518
0.21
26. Lymphomas
57
0.57
3,477
1.39
27. Liver Cancer
56
0.56
11,589
4.62
28. Pancreas Cancer
55
0.55
6,994
2.79
29. Alcohol
53
0.53
1,081
0.43
30. Cervical Cancer
49
0.49
1,065
0.42
31. Leukemia
48
0.48
2,140
0.85
32. Ovary Cancer
46
0.46
1,330
0.53
33. Drownings
43
0.43
501
0.20
34. Alzheimers & Dementia
42
0.42
12,145
4.85
35. Birth Trauma
37
0.37
88
0.04
36. Low Birth Weight
37
0.37
370
0.15
37. Epilepsy
35
0.35
524
0.21
38. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.35
1,733
0.69
39. Anemia
33
0.33
329
0.13
40. Uterin Cancer
32
0.32
420
0.17
41. Violence
30
0.30
386
0.15
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
23
0.23
929
0.37
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
22
0.22
540
0.22
44. Bladder Cancer
21
0.21
1,768
0.71
45. Tuberculosis
17
0.17
1,950
0.78
46. Drug Use
16
0.16
154
0.06
47. Parkinson's Disease
12
0.12
3,951
1.58
48. Poisonings
11
0.11
115
0.05
49. Maternal Conditions
11
0.11
34
0.01
50. Fires
10
0.10
263
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritius MAURITIUS   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
24.67
31
6.59
180
2. Prostate Cancer
16.53
83
6.10
155
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.27
72
10.56
68
4. Lung Cancers
10.21
103
20.90
49
5. Stomach Cancer
5.88
93
9.13
50
6. Cervical Cancer
5.26
122
2.29
160
7. Ovary Cancer
4.98
69
2.84
149
8. Oral Cancer
3.62
64
1.60
154
9. Lymphomas
3.36
138
3.72
131
10. Uterin Cancer
3.26
43
0.89
165
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.13
106
7.34
34
12. Liver Cancer
3.04
166
12.57
21
13. Leukemia
2.86
127
2.65
138
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.01
111
1.84
115
15. Bladder Cancer
1.17
146
1.74
111
16. Skin Cancers
0.24
172
0.60
157
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.