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Poland
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Poland 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
Poland Population Pyramid
33,294,573
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
  Poland POLAND   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Poland POLAND   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
64.9
70.6
67.7
33
31
34
 
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
66.6
73.3
69.9
29
29
31
 
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
66.0
74.4
70.1
52
33
46
 
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
66.5
75.5
70.9
70
40
55
 
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
69.5
77.9
73.7
64
38
44
 
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
72.1
80.4
76.3
58
33
41
 
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
74.5
81.9
78.3
54
35
42
 
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.5
81.9
54
35
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
74.5
81.9
54
35
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
74.9
82.2
60
36
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
74.9
82.3
60
36
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
74.9
82.3
60
36
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
75.1
82.4
61
36
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
75.3
82.4
61
36
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
75.5
82.5
62
36
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
75.8
82.6
63
37
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
76.2
82.7
63
37
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
76.6
82.9
65
38
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
77.3
83.2
65
38
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
78.2
83.7
64
39
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
79.5
84.3
61
39
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
81.2
85.2
60
39
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
83.2
86.3
52
39
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
85.3
87.6
54
39
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
87.8
89.2
52
37
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
90.6
91.3
43
35
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
125.44
72
97.58
114
2. Stroke
37.09
141
74.41
100
3. Lung Cancers
34.89
6
2.77
163
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.64
105
84.48
39
5. Prostate Cancer
19.88
67
18.54
72
6. Breast Cancer
18.79
67
14.72
122
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.53
9
5.29
146
8. Lung Disease
15.56
137
16.35
131
9. Liver Disease
14.35
110
25.88
73
10. Other Neoplasms
11.05
1
0.44
93
11. Diabetes Mellitus
10.67
143
33.08
83
12. Alcohol
9.80
8
0.69
132
13. Suicide
9.30
83
5.47
132
14. Road Traffic Accidents
8.18
131
31.87
44
15. Stomach Cancer
7.91
64
6.03
91
16. Ovary Cancer
7.50
11
3.39
128
17. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
38
1.67
151
18. Falls
5.99
84
6.66
73
19. Bladder Cancer
5.63
5
2.05
93
20. Lymphomas
5.60
59
2.74
157
21. Hypertension
5.31
155
16.11
102
22. Cervical Cancer
5.18
123
27.42
20
23. Inflammatory/Heart
5.12
84
4.86
90
24. Oral Cancer
5.03
37
2.03
130
25. Kidney Disease
4.69
173
28.66
67
26. Leukemia
4.63
34
0.73
176
27. Other Injuries
4.61
139
8.96
76
28. Uterin Cancer
4.52
24
1.46
141
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.07
68
4.26
67
30. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.73
169
19.76
53
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.40
148
7.27
46
32. Liver Cancer
3.10
162
12.80
20
33. Skin Cancers
2.72
42
2.41
54
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
86
1.31
140
35. Low Birth Weight
2.08
147
15.92
3
36. Epilepsy
2.07
62
1.97
72
37. Parkinson's Disease
1.65
166
4.87
54
38. Drownings
1.39
132
2.10
112
39. Endocrine Disorders
1.38
166
4.39
78
40. Tuberculosis
1.00
128
24.14
46
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.89
141
44.13
41
42. Fires
0.85
120
3.05
47
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.82
16
0.21
86
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.71
138
1.53
91
45. Drug Use
0.69
142
2.66
30
46. Asthma
0.67
150
8.59
70
47. Violence
0.66
171
13.71
31
48. Skin Disease
0.59
135
2.17
54
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.47
61
0.26
98
50. Poisonings
0.46
103
1.50
59
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Poland POLAND   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
117,700
32.99
1,636
6.92
2. Stroke
32,693
9.16
1,307
5.53
3. Lung Cancers
25,781
7.23
60
0.25
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,998
5.60
2,756
11.66
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14,610
4.09
110
0.47
6. Lung Disease
13,677
3.83
275
1.16
7. Other Neoplasms
9,256
2.59
7
0.03
8. Diabetes Mellitus
8,947
2.51
594
2.51
9. Breast Cancer
7,967
2.23
189
0.80
10. Liver Disease
7,912
2.22
586
2.48
11. Prostate Cancer
6,489
1.82
118
0.50
12. Stomach Cancer
5,910
1.66
132
0.56
13. Pancreas Cancer
5,430
1.52
39
0.17
14. Alcohol
5,238
1.47
16
0.07
15. Hypertension
4,937
1.38
286
1.21
16. Falls
4,712
1.32
140
0.59
17. Bladder Cancer
4,700
1.32
42
0.18
18. Suicide
4,282
1.20
141
0.60
19. Lymphomas
4,141
1.16
65
0.28
20. Kidney Disease
4,065
1.14
555
2.35
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
3,701
1.04
251
1.06
22. Road Traffic Accidents
3,555
1.00
1,158
4.90
23. Inflammatory/Heart
3,495
0.98
110
0.47
24. Leukemia
3,456
0.97
22
0.09
25. Oral Cancer
3,377
0.95
45
0.19
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,091
0.87
83
0.35
27. Ovary Cancer
2,929
0.82
43
0.18
28. Other Injuries
2,527
0.71
343
1.45
29. Liver Cancer
2,290
0.64
312
1.32
30. Uterin Cancer
2,163
0.61
17
0.07
31. Skin Cancers
2,155
0.60
50
0.21
32. Cervical Cancer
1,907
0.53
333
1.41
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1,803
0.51
30
0.13
34. Parkinson's Disease
1,500
0.42
69
0.29
35. Epilepsy
1,145
0.32
75
0.32
36. Congenital Anomalies
916
0.26
665
2.81
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
839
0.24
1,656
7.01
38. Endocrine Disorders
831
0.23
197
0.83
39. Drownings
636
0.18
116
0.49
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
612
0.17
34
0.14
41. Tuberculosis
597
0.17
717
3.03
42. Low Birth Weight
579
0.16
2,014
8.52
43. Asthma
540
0.15
170
0.72
44. Multiple Sclerosis
502
0.14
5
0.02
45. Fires
474
0.13
123
0.52
46. Skin Disease
469
0.13
47
0.20
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
369
0.10
4
0.02
48. Drug Use
321
0.09
71
0.30
49. Violence
294
0.08
491
2.08
50. Malnutrition
291
0.08
462
1.96
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Poland POLAND   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
34.89
6
2.77
163
2. Prostate Cancer
19.88
67
18.54
72
3. Breast Cancer
18.79
67
14.72
122
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18.53
9
5.29
146
5. Stomach Cancer
7.91
64
6.03
91
6. Ovary Cancer
7.50
11
3.39
128
7. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
38
1.67
151
8. Bladder Cancer
5.63
5
2.05
93
9. Lymphomas
5.60
59
2.74
157
10. Cervical Cancer
5.18
123
27.42
20
11. Oral Cancer
5.03
37
2.03
130
12. Leukemia
4.63
34
0.73
176
13. Uterin Cancer
4.52
24
1.46
141
14. Liver Cancer
3.10
162
12.80
20
15. Skin Cancers
2.72
42
2.41
54
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
86
1.31
140
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.