Mauritania - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 65.16
2010 61.71
2015 56.62
2019 52.71

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 7.71
2010 8.53
2015 9.74
2019 10.22

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 27.13
2010 29.76
2015 33.64
2019 37.06

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Mauritania was 18.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 21.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.90 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 21.30
2001 21.00
2002 20.50
2003 20.30
2004 20.30
2005 19.70
2006 19.60
2007 19.60
2008 19.10
2009 19.10
2010 18.80
2011 18.40
2012 18.70
2013 18.40
2014 18.30
2015 18.00
2016 18.00
2017 17.90
2018 18.00
2019 18.00

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Mauritania was 13.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 15.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 13.00 in 2011.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 15.30
2001 14.90
2002 14.70
2003 14.10
2004 14.50
2005 13.80
2006 13.80
2007 13.90
2008 13.40
2009 13.60
2010 13.50
2011 13.00
2012 13.80
2013 13.50
2014 13.50
2015 13.30
2016 13.50
2017 13.60
2018 13.70
2019 13.90

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Mauritania was 16.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 18.70 in 2000, while its lowest value was 15.90 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 18.70
2001 18.30
2002 18.00
2003 17.60
2004 17.80
2005 17.10
2006 17.10
2007 17.10
2008 16.60
2009 16.60
2010 16.40
2011 16.00
2012 16.50
2013 16.20
2014 16.10
2015 15.90
2016 15.90
2017 15.90
2018 16.00
2019 16.10

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 157.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 184.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 169.50

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Mauritania was 1.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.60 in 2015 and a minimum value of 1.40 in 2001.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.60
2001 1.40
2002 1.50
2003 1.50
2004 1.50
2005 1.60
2006 1.60
2007 1.60
2008 1.60
2009 1.50
2010 1.40
2011 1.40
2012 1.60
2013 1.50
2014 1.50
2015 1.60
2016 1.50
2017 1.50
2018 1.50
2019 1.50

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Mauritania was 1.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.40 in 2012 and a minimum value of 1.10 in 2001.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.40
2001 1.10
2002 1.20
2003 1.30
2004 1.30
2005 1.40
2006 1.40
2007 1.40
2008 1.40
2009 1.30
2010 1.20
2011 1.20
2012 1.40
2013 1.30
2014 1.30
2015 1.30
2016 1.30
2017 1.30
2018 1.20
2019 1.30

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Mauritania was 1.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.90 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1.60 in 2001.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.90
2001 1.60
2002 1.70
2003 1.70
2004 1.70
2005 1.80
2006 1.80
2007 1.80
2008 1.80
2009 1.80
2010 1.60
2011 1.70
2012 1.80
2013 1.70
2014 1.70
2015 1.80
2016 1.70
2017 1.70
2018 1.70
2019 1.70

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Mauritania was 2.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.80 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2.20 in 2014.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.80
2001 2.70
2002 2.60
2003 2.60
2004 2.60
2005 2.50
2006 2.50
2007 2.40
2008 2.40
2009 2.40
2010 2.30
2011 2.30
2012 2.30
2013 2.30
2014 2.20
2015 2.20
2016 2.20
2017 2.20
2018 2.20
2019 2.20

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Mauritania was 4.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.20 in 2001 and a minimum value of 3.80 in 2011.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 4.20
2001 4.20
2002 4.10
2003 4.00
2004 4.10
2005 4.00
2006 4.00
2007 4.00
2008 3.90
2009 3.90
2010 3.90
2011 3.80
2012 4.00
2013 4.00
2014 3.90
2015 3.90
2016 3.90
2017 4.00
2018 4.00
2019 4.00

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Mauritania was 3.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.50 in 2000 and a minimum value of 3.00 in 2011.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.50
2001 3.40
2002 3.40
2003 3.30
2004 3.30
2005 3.20
2006 3.20
2007 3.20
2008 3.10
2009 3.10
2010 3.10
2011 3.00
2012 3.10
2013 3.10
2014 3.10
2015 3.00
2016 3.00
2017 3.10
2018 3.10
2019 3.10

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Mauritania was 25.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.70 in 2004 and a minimum value of 25.40 in 2012.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 26.10
2001 25.90
2002 25.90
2003 25.80
2004 26.70
2005 26.50
2006 26.00
2007 25.70
2008 26.30
2009 26.20
2010 26.40
2011 26.10
2012 25.40
2013 25.50
2014 25.60
2015 25.80
2016 25.60
2017 25.70
2018 25.60
2019 25.60

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 38.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors