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Syria
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
SYRIA VS MAURITANIA

Compare Syria 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
Syria Population Pyramid
33,129,325
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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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
  Syria SYRIA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Syria SYRIA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
  
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
  
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
  
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
  
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
  
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
  
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
  
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.2
74.3
87
110
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
71.2
74.3
87
110
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
73.0
75.9
84
109
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
73.4
76.2
82
107
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
73.8
76.4
73
106
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
74.0
76.6
74
106
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
74.3
76.7
75
106
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
74.5
76.9
75
106
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
74.8
77.1
78
107
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
75.1
77.3
80
108
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
75.5
77.6
82
108
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
76.1
78.0
82
108
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
77.0
78.5
83
111
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
78.2
79.3
84
116
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
79.9
80.4
82
130
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
81.8
81.8
82
143
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
84.0
83.5
83
164
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
86.6
85.6
99
175
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
89.5
88.2
126
180
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279.54
12
97.58
114
2. Stroke
79.31
95
74.41
100
3. War
68.78
2
0.04
76
4. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
14.72
122
5. Kidney Disease
22.22
96
28.66
67
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
21.72
107
84.48
39
7. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
2.77
163
8. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.14
102
19.76
53
9. Road Traffic Accidents
16.75
87
31.87
44
10. Lung Disease
16.00
132
16.35
131
11. Liver Disease
15.66
104
25.88
73
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.00
124
33.08
83
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
5.29
146
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
10.38
67
44.13
41
15. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
18.54
72
16. Asthma
9.65
67
8.59
70
17. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
30
7.27
46
18. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
2.05
93
19. Lymphomas
7.40
15
2.74
157
20. Hypertension
7.33
147
16.11
102
21. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
6.03
91
22. Leukemia
6.15
5
0.73
176
23. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
3.39
128
24. Low Birth Weight
5.18
86
15.92
3
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.99
96
4.87
54
26. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
1.67
151
27. Other Injuries
3.62
158
8.96
76
28. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
12.80
20
29. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
27.42
20
30. Falls
3.00
148
6.66
73
31. Endocrine Disorders
2.96
114
4.39
78
32. Violence
2.84
116
13.71
31
33. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
2.41
54
34. Inflammatory/Heart
2.72
146
4.86
90
35. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.46
141
36. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.03
130
37. Birth Trauma
2.40
87
9.85
27
38. Suicide
2.11
177
5.47
132
39. Drug Use
1.89
51
2.66
30
40. Meningitis
1.74
66
8.18
39
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.52
92
1.53
91
42. Pertussis
1.35
58
7.56
2
43. Drownings
1.21
137
2.10
112
44. Fires
1.16
103
3.05
47
45. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
1.31
140
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.75
162
4.26
67
47. Poisonings
0.66
83
1.50
59
48. Epilepsy
0.59
170
1.97
72
49. Maternal Conditions
0.58
105
16.08
15
50. Malnutrition
0.53
113
13.89
20
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Syria SYRIA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,203
34.16
1,636
6.92
2. Stroke
8,088
9.80
1,307
5.53
3. War
7,760
9.40
2
0.01
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,958
3.58
2,756
11.66
5. Road Traffic Accidents
2,550
3.09
1,158
4.90
6. Kidney Disease
2,329
2.82
555
2.35
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,156
2.61
1,656
7.01
8. Congenital Anomalies
2,077
2.52
665
2.81
9. Lung Cancers
2,048
2.48
60
0.25
10. Breast Cancer
1,953
2.37
189
0.80
11. Liver Disease
1,720
2.08
586
2.48
12. Low Birth Weight
1,652
2.00
2,014
8.52
13. Lung Disease
1,601
1.94
275
1.16
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,551
1.88
251
1.06
15. Diabetes Mellitus
1,534
1.86
594
2.51
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,224
1.48
110
0.47
17. Asthma
1,052
1.27
170
0.72
18. Lymphomas
827
1.00
65
0.28
19. Leukemia
796
0.96
22
0.09
20. Bladder Cancer
757
0.92
42
0.18
21. Birth Trauma
744
0.90
1,204
5.10
22. Stomach Cancer
725
0.88
132
0.56
23. Hypertension
707
0.86
286
1.21
24. Other Injuries
521
0.63
343
1.45
25. Violence
444
0.54
491
2.08
26. Endocrine Disorders
418
0.51
197
0.83
27. Pancreas Cancer
411
0.50
39
0.17
28. Prostate Cancer
404
0.49
118
0.50
29. Falls
383
0.46
140
0.59
30. Parkinson's Disease
367
0.44
69
0.29
31. Liver Cancer
366
0.44
312
1.32
32. Inflammatory/Heart
337
0.41
110
0.47
33. Suicide
333
0.40
141
0.60
34. Ovary Cancer
328
0.40
43
0.18
35. Meningitis
295
0.36
357
1.51
36. Pertussis
289
0.35
574
2.43
37. Oral Cancer
289
0.35
45
0.19
38. Skin Cancers
276
0.33
50
0.21
39. Drug Use
249
0.30
71
0.30
40. Drownings
215
0.26
116
0.49
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
34
0.14
42. Cervical Cancer
188
0.23
333
1.41
43. Fires
179
0.22
123
0.52
44. Uterin Cancer
146
0.18
17
0.07
45. Maternal Conditions
105
0.13
639
2.70
46. Poisonings
98
0.12
67
0.28
47. Oesophagus Cancer
97
0.12
30
0.13
48. Epilepsy
92
0.11
75
0.32
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
79
0.10
83
0.35
50. Encephalitis
77
0.09
33
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Syria SYRIA   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
31.59
9
14.72
122
2. Lung Cancers
18.90
59
2.77
163
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.27
58
5.29
146
4. Prostate Cancer
9.82
134
18.54
72
5. Bladder Cancer
7.53
3
2.05
93
6. Lymphomas
7.40
15
2.74
157
7. Stomach Cancer
6.43
84
6.03
91
8. Leukemia
6.15
5
0.73
176
9. Ovary Cancer
5.40
55
3.39
128
10. Pancreas Cancer
3.71
92
1.67
151
11. Liver Cancer
3.43
154
12.80
20
12. Cervical Cancer
3.07
144
27.42
20
13. Skin Cancers
2.74
41
2.41
54
14. Uterin Cancer
2.56
79
1.46
141
15. Oral Cancer
2.45
106
2.03
130
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.88
163
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.