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Pakistan
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Pakistan 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
Pakistan Population Pyramid
338,013,194
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
47.8
45.9
46.9
99
120
110
 
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
51.7
50.5
51.1
106
126
118
 
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
55.6
55.1
55.3
118
131
125
 
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
59.7
60.1
59.9
121
133
129
 
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
62.0
63.6
62.8
117
128
124
 
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
64.1
66.1
65.1
125
134
133
 
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
64.6
66.7
65.6
135
152
144
 
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.6
66.7
135
152
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
64.6
66.7
135
152
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
69.5
71.1
129
149
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
69.8
71.4
130
150
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
70.0
71.6
130
151
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
70.3
71.9
128
151
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
70.8
72.3
127
151
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
71.3
72.7
124
153
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
71.8
73.2
123
154
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
72.4
73.8
123
154
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
73.2
74.5
124
157
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
74.1
75.3
124
158
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
75.3
76.4
125
158
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
76.8
77.8
120
160
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
78.7
79.5
116
157
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
80.9
81.5
118
155
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
83.5
83.9
115
149
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
86.4
86.7
114
140
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
89.7
90.0
103
132
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
193.56
30
97.58
114
2. Stroke
116.52
51
74.41
100
3. Lung Disease
77.79
8
16.35
131
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
65.76
19
44.13
41
5. Diabetes Mellitus
52.40
35
33.08
83
6. Kidney Disease
42.04
19
28.66
67
7. Liver Disease
38.05
29
25.88
73
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
37.37
72
84.48
39
9. Breast Cancer
25.28
26
14.72
122
10. Tuberculosis
23.21
49
24.14
46
11. Hypertension
20.05
82
16.11
102
12. Rheumatic Heart Disease
17.89
2
1.53
91
13. Low Birth Weight
17.20
2
15.92
3
14. Asthma
16.73
30
8.59
70
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.30
121
19.76
53
16. Road Traffic Accidents
15.18
95
31.87
44
17. Other Injuries
13.00
37
8.96
76
18. Oral Cancer
11.65
5
2.03
130
19. Birth Trauma
11.30
15
9.85
27
20. Suicide
9.77
73
5.47
132
21. Lung Cancers
7.37
120
2.77
163
22. Meningitis
6.99
40
8.18
39
23. Congenital Anomalies
6.64
62
7.27
46
24. Falls
6.29
80
6.66
73
25. Violence
6.16
78
13.71
31
26. Endocrine Disorders
6.05
52
4.39
78
27. Prostate Cancer
5.99
159
18.54
72
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.79
27
4.87
54
29. Maternal Conditions
5.74
45
16.08
15
30. Oesophagus Cancer
5.67
31
1.31
140
31. Cervical Cancer
5.56
119
27.42
20
32. Ovary Cancer
4.95
71
3.39
128
33. Lymphomas
4.73
89
2.74
157
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.53
64
4.26
67
35. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
171
5.29
146
36. Encephalitis
3.65
5
0.80
40
37. HIV/AIDS
3.61
84
7.20
66
38. Malnutrition
3.52
61
13.89
20
39. Liver Cancer
3.19
159
12.80
20
40. Stomach Cancer
2.97
157
6.03
91
41. Epilepsy
2.83
35
1.97
72
42. Leukemia
2.78
130
0.73
176
43. Bladder Cancer
2.19
82
2.05
93
44. Tetanus
2.15
7
0.56
41
45. Drownings
2.12
110
2.10
112
46. Pertussis
2.07
42
7.56
2
47. Fires
1.95
76
3.05
47
48. Uterin Cancer
1.80
121
1.46
141
49. Inflammatory/Heart
1.61
171
4.86
90
50. Alcohol
1.57
78
0.69
132
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
240,720
16.49
1,636
6.92
2. Stroke
141,432
9.69
1,307
5.53
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
104,383
7.15
1,656
7.01
4. Low Birth Weight
93,373
6.40
2,014
8.52
5. Lung Disease
86,968
5.96
275
1.16
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
83,483
5.72
2,756
11.66
7. Diabetes Mellitus
63,852
4.37
594
2.51
8. Birth Trauma
59,559
4.08
1,204
5.10
9. Kidney Disease
56,796
3.89
555
2.35
10. Liver Disease
54,835
3.76
586
2.48
11. Tuberculosis
42,103
2.88
717
3.03
12. Road Traffic Accidents
28,170
1.93
1,158
4.90
13. Other Injuries
27,010
1.85
343
1.45
14. Congenital Anomalies
26,320
1.80
665
2.81
15. Rheumatic Heart Disease
26,017
1.78
34
0.14
16. Hypertension
22,917
1.57
286
1.21
17. Asthma
20,750
1.42
170
0.72
18. Suicide
19,331
1.32
141
0.60
19. Meningitis
18,025
1.23
357
1.51
20. Breast Cancer
18,009
1.23
189
0.80
21. Oral Cancer
17,181
1.18
45
0.19
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
15,216
1.04
251
1.06
23. Violence
12,925
0.89
491
2.08
24. Maternal Conditions
12,392
0.85
639
2.70
25. Endocrine Disorders
11,439
0.78
197
0.83
26. Lung Cancers
9,688
0.66
60
0.25
27. Malnutrition
8,852
0.61
462
1.96
28. Falls
8,642
0.59
140
0.59
29. Oesophagus Cancer
7,866
0.54
30
0.13
30. Tetanus
7,541
0.52
58
0.25
31. Lymphomas
7,020
0.48
65
0.28
32. HIV/AIDS
6,797
0.47
231
0.98
33. Encephalitis
6,651
0.46
33
0.14
34. Pertussis
6,358
0.44
574
2.43
35. Parkinson's Disease
6,145
0.42
69
0.29
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5,450
0.37
83
0.35
37. Drownings
5,376
0.37
116
0.49
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5,279
0.36
110
0.47
39. Leukemia
5,254
0.36
22
0.09
40. Epilepsy
4,873
0.33
75
0.32
41. Liver Cancer
4,427
0.30
312
1.32
42. Fires
4,305
0.29
123
0.52
43. Stomach Cancer
4,044
0.28
132
0.56
44. Cervical Cancer
4,009
0.27
333
1.41
45. Prostate Cancer
3,559
0.24
118
0.50
46. Ovary Cancer
3,533
0.24
43
0.18
47. Poisonings
3,364
0.23
67
0.28
48. Bladder Cancer
2,727
0.19
42
0.18
49. Measles
2,579
0.18
9
0.04
50. Alcohol
2,520
0.17
16
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Pakistan PAKISTAN   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
25.28
26
14.72
122
2. Oral Cancer
11.65
5
2.03
130
3. Lung Cancers
7.37
120
2.77
163
4. Prostate Cancer
5.99
159
18.54
72
5. Oesophagus Cancer
5.67
31
1.31
140
6. Cervical Cancer
5.56
119
27.42
20
7. Ovary Cancer
4.95
71
3.39
128
8. Lymphomas
4.73
89
2.74
157
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.71
171
5.29
146
10. Liver Cancer
3.19
159
12.80
20
11. Stomach Cancer
2.97
157
6.03
91
12. Leukemia
2.78
130
0.73
176
13. Bladder Cancer
2.19
82
2.05
93
14. Uterin Cancer
1.80
121
1.46
141
15. Skin Cancers
1.16
132
2.41
54
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.79
172
1.67
151
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.