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Africa > Mauritania > Health

MAURITANIAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% immunized 1-year-old children > DPT3 83 [123rd of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Measles 81 [117th of 186]
% immunized 1-year-old children > Polio3 82 [125th of 187]
% immunized 1-year-old children > TB 98 [49th of 153]
% immunized pregnant women tetanus 40 [42nd of 54]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Rural 19 [121st of 140]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Total 33 [129th of 144]
% of population using adequate sanitation facilities > Urban 44 [136th of 141]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Rural 40 [127th of 146]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Total 37 [145th of 150]
% of population using improved drinking water sources > Urban 34 [144th of 147]
% of routine EPI vaccines financed by government > Total 100 [21st of 133]
% under-fives with ARI -- 10 [44th of 79]
% under-fives with ARI taken to health provider 39 [54th of 80]
Abortion law > National laws > Physical Health No
Access to sanitation 70% [81st of 129]
Adolescent fertility rate > births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 96.64 births Time series [32nd of 184]
ARI treatment > % of children under 5 taken to a health provider 41 % Time series [5th of 52]
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people 40.47 per 1,000 people Time series [21st of 195]
Births attended by skilled health staff > % of total 56.9 % Time series [24th of 76]
Children Underweight Rate 9% [18th of 95]
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49 8 % Time series [12th of 57]
Dependency ratio per 100 87 [29th of 166]
Diarrhea treatment > % of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding 28.3 % Time series [6th of 47]
Drinking water availability % 37% [143rd of 147]
Drug access 50% [118th of 163]
expenditure per capita > current US$ 14.5 $ Time series [166th of 186]
expenditure, private > % of GDP 0.89 % Time series [169th of 187]
expenditure, public > % of GDP 2.01 % Time series [140th of 187]
expenditure, total > % of GDP 2.9 % Time series [177th of 187]
External resources for health > % of total expenditure on health 20.2 % Time series [31st of 141]
External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health 3.3% [78th of 179]
Female adults with HIV > % of population ages 15+ with HIV 57.27 % Time series [36th of 112]
Fertility rate, total > births per woman 5.59 births per woman Time series [21st of 194]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Females 46.3 [153rd of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Males 42.8 [161st of 186]
Healthy life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 44.5 [155th of 186]
HIV AIDS > Adult prevalence rate 0.6% Time series [57th of 136]
HIV AIDS > Deaths 610 Time series [78th of 102]
    HIV AIDS > Deaths (per capita) 223.927 per million people Time series [58th of 102]
HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS 9,500 Time series [66th of 126]
    HIV AIDS > People living with HIV AIDS (per capita) 3.284 per 1,000 people Time series [53rd of 126]
Hospital beds > per 1,000 people 0.67 per 1,000 people Time series [138th of 149]
Immunization, DPT > % of children ages 12-23 months 71 % Time series [165th of 190]
Immunization, measles > % of children ages 12-23 months 61 % Time series [168th of 190]
Improved sanitation facilities > % of population with access 34 % Time series [142nd of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, rural > % of rural population with access 8 % Time series [161st of 167]
Improved sanitation facilities, urban > % of urban population with access 49 % Time series [155th of 173]
Improved water source > % of population with access 53 % Time series [158th of 176]
Improved water source, rural > % of rural population with access 44 % Time series [152nd of 174]
Improved water source, urban > % of urban population with access 59 % Time series [176th of 181]
Incidence of tuberculosis > per 100,000 people 298.02 per 100,000 people Time series [29th of 200]
Infant mortality rate 72.35 [32nd of 179]
Infant mortality rate > Female 63.52 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [30th of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Male 69.69 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [32nd of 225]
Infant mortality rate > Total 66.65 deaths/1,000 live births Time series [33rd of 225]
Intestinal diseases death rate 35.65% [18th of 141]
life expectancy > Date of information 2006 est.
Life expectancy at birth > Female 56.28 years Time series [190th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Male 51.61 years Time series [195th of 226]
Life expectancy at birth > Total population 53.91 years Time series [192nd of 225]
Life expectancy at birth, female > years 55.3 years Time series [148th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, male > years 52.1 years Time series [151st of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, total > years 53.66 years Time series [150th of 194]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Females 53 [158th of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Males 48 [161st of 186]
Life expectancy at birth, years > Total population 51 [159th of 186]
Major infectious diseases > Degree of risk high Time series
Major infectious diseases > Food or waterborne diseases
bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
Major infectious diseases > Vectorborne diseases
malaria and Rift Valley fever
Malaria cases > per 100,000 11,150 [14th of 94]
Malaria prevention, use of insecticide-treated bed nets > % of under-5 population 2 % Time series [3rd of 27]
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5 34.5 % Time series [8th of 52]
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age > % of children under 5 31.8 % Time series [5th of 63]
Maternal mortality 550 per 100,000 [17th of 136]
Measles immunization 62 [141st of 168]
Nutrition > % of children who are still breastfeeding 20-23 months 57 [26th of 105]
Nutrition > % of children who are   exclusively breastfed 6 months 20 [81st of 125]
Nutrition > % of households consuming iodized salt 2 [110th of 112]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from stunting moderate & severe 35 [35th of 132]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight moderate & severe 32 [21st of 137]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from underweight severe 10 [17th of 104]
Nutrition > % of under-fives suffering from wasting moderate & severe 13 [16th of 128]
Nutrition > Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate 6-59 months 98 [8th of 57]
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private health expenditure 100% [27th of 185]
Out-of-pocket health expenditure > % of private expenditure on health 100 % Time series [34th of 185]
Per capita government expenditure on health in international dollars 40 [139th of 185]
Per capita total expenditure on health in international dollars 54 [161st of 185]
Physicians > per 1,000 people 0.11 per 1,000 people Time series [46th of 148]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 1990-1992 15 % [67th of 106]
Population suffering from undernourishment in 2001-2003 10 % [71st of 108]
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care > % 63.9 % Time series [11th of 62]
Prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health 0% [130th of 159]
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49 0.68 % Time series [65th of 148]
Prevalence of undernourishment > % of population 10 % Time series [77th of 172]
Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health 25.8% [142nd of 185]
Probability of dying before 5 > Females 168 per 1,000 people [19th of 187]
Probability of not reaching 40 33.1% [32nd of 111]
Probability of reaching 65 > Female 47.7% [128th of 159]
Probability of reaching 65 > Male 41.6% [127th of 159]
Respiratory disease child death rate 222.75 (est)
Spending > Per person 19 [105th of 133]
Spending > Private 3.4 [30th of 141]
Spending > Public 1.4%
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 317 [85th of 106]
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP 3.9% [157th of 185]
Total fertility rate 5.8 [17th of 166]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 209 [21st of 165]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS > % 28.22 % Time series [161st of 178]
Tuberculosis immunisation 75% [111st of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 21.87 % Time series [168th of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 31.6 % Time series [2nd of 13]
Water availability 4,278 cubic meters [88th of 169]
Women circumcised 0.3 [28th of 27]
    Women circumcised (per capita) 0 per 1,000 people [21st of 27]
Women circumcised share 0.3% [28th of 27]

SOURCES: UNICEF; Wikipedia: Abortion law ; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; UNICEF; World Health Organization; World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Global Water Supply and Sanitation Assessment 2000 Report and updates provided by UNICEF to the United Nations Millennium Indicator Database; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; Wikipedia: List of countries by life expectancy ; UNHDR; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; Wikipedia: List of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment ; The World Health Report 2001; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York.; UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; ; World Health Organization; Unicef (1994)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah, Muritaniyah

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