Health in Mauritania 1,165 indicators covering health for Mauritania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank New or unknown treatment history cases: Pulmonary, bacteriologically 1,228 2023 down 5.8% 104th Cholera case fatality rate 6.52 2011 — 6th Medical doctors not further defined 791 2017 up 77.8% 98th Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 68.48 2023 up 3.9% 175th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence 6.5% 2030 down 15.6% 120th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence (%) 6.3% 2030 down 17.1% 127th Tb patients tested positive for hiv 26 2021 up 116.7% 107th Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 444.6 2019 up 17.8% 74th Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 65.5% 2019 down 6.8% 17th Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 1,889 2019 up 29.4% 137th Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 1.4% 2024 down 58.8% 19th Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 103 2019 up 2.0% 175th Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 66 2024 down 45.0% 105th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 25.6 per 100,000 population 2019 down 2.3% 47th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 20.5 per 100,000 female population 2019 down 6.0% 12th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 30.6 per 100,000 male population 2019 unchanged 66th Ipv vaccine coverage 84 2024 up 1,300.0% 139th Deaths in armed conflicts by region, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2025 unchanged 33rd Deaths in armed conflicts by country, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2025 unchanged 33rd Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 21 2021 up 75.0% 99th HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 69.0% 2023 down 31.0% 128th Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 73.0% 2021 — 83rd New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 1.35 2024 down 69.4% 80th Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 76 2022 — 69th Prevalence of wasting, weight for height 13.6% 2022 up 16.2% 3rd Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 72.0% 2025 — 125th International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version 20 2025 — 161st Prevalence of underweight, weight for age 22.4% 2022 up 9.8% 11th Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 1.55 2024 down 65.0% 78th Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 2 2024 — 54th Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 8 2024 down 55.6% 84th New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 0.906 2024 — 49th Children (0-14) living with HIV 550 2024 down 43.3% 64th Ipv1 number unvaccinated 19,568 2023 down 85.0% 80th Children living with hiv 550 2024 down 43.3% 64th Contraceptive prevalence, any method 14.3% 2021 up 25.4% 113th Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 100 2024 unchanged 51st Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 — 3rd Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 9.9% 2024 down 22.0% 124th Number of children newly infected with hiv 100 2024 unchanged 51st Share of children under fifteen years old with hiv 55.36 2024 down 12.9% 60th Number of female leprosy new cases 5 2024 up 25.0% 73rd Estimated number of malaria deaths 920 2024 up 27.1% 37th Estimated number of malaria cases 359,550 2024 up 65.9% 42nd National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 2 2022 up 100.0% 140th Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 12.8% 2021 up 28.0% 109th Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases 7,200 2014 down 25.8% 91st Estimated malaria incidence 69.55 2024 up 23.5% 37th Estimated malaria mortality rate 17.8 2024 down 5.4% 36th Number of new G2D leprosy cases 0 2024 down 100.0% 86th Leprosy - New leprosy cases with G2D rate per 1 000 000 population 0 2024 down 100.0% 86th Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Prices 3.28 2022 down 21.7% 147th Taxes as a % of price: total tax 17.8% 2022 up 346.6% 177th Taxes as a % of price: value added tax 4.8% 2022 up 117.8% 158th Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise 6.8% 2022 — 93rd Taxes as a % of price: specific excise 0.0% 2022 — 134th Taxes as a % of price: import duties 3.8% 2022 up 110.0% 25th Taxes as a % of price: other taxes 2.5% 2022 — 25th Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 60th Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Price in 40 2022 down 27.5% 90th ← Previous Page 15 of 20 Next →