Health in Mauritius 292 indicators covering health for Mauritius. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 17 2024 unchanged 154th Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 35 2024 down 7.9% 152nd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 20 2024 down 28.6% 156th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 64 2024 down 7.2% 149th Number of people who are undernourished 100,000 2023 unchanged 103rd People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 72.2% 2024 down 3.3% 45th External health expenditure channeled through government 81.8% 2023 down 7.0% 30th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 16.2% 2021 down 13.4% 91st Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 27.0% 2021 down 7.5% 44th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.7% 2021 down 9.2% 63rd Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.82 per 100,000 population 2021 up 10.8% 68th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.22 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 56.9% 111th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 1.42 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 46.4% 50th Suicide mortality rate, female 3.05 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 24.5% 108th Suicide mortality rate, male 17.95 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 18.2% 45th Suicide mortality rate 10.52 per 100,000 population 2021 up 9.4% 53rd Nurses and midwives 4.05 per 1,000 people 2022 up 39.6% 94th Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 2.47 2020 down 12.1% 69th Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 6.86 2020 down 10.6% 60th Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 11.41 2020 down 9.8% 58th Low-birthweight babies 18.7% 2020 down 3.2% 11th Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 8.8% 2022 down 43.2% 76th Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 4.0% 2022 down 36.5% 89th Prevalence of anemia among children 30.7% 2019 up 15.4% 84th Births attended by skilled health staff 99.7% 2021 up 0.2% 41st Prevalence of current tobacco use 17.7% 2024 down 13.7% 91st Prevalence of current tobacco use, females 2.5% 2024 down 24.2% 116th Prevalence of current tobacco use, males 32.8% 2024 down 13.2% 64th Physicians 1.44 per 1,000 people 2022 up 7.5% 103rd Life satisfaction vs. child mortality 5.94 2025 up 5.2% 72nd Current health expenditure per capita, PPP 1,566 current international $ 2023 up 90.7% 74th Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita, PPP 708.46 current international $ 2023 up 62.2% 45th Domestic general government health expenditure 2.5% 2023 up 27.7% 112th Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP 840.98 current international $ 2023 up 80.4% 51st Share of out-of-pocket spending on healthcare 45.2% 2023 down 14.9% 42nd Domestic general government health expenditure per capita 273.16 current US$ 2023 up 48.5% 95th Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending 44.3% 2023 up 6.0% 128th Number of stillbirths 106 2023 down 21.5% 149th Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 5.6% 2023 up 20.4% 117th Capital health expenditure 0.3% 2019 down 46.9% 48th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 15.3% 2021 up 66.0% 152nd Cause of death, by injury 3.8% 2021 down 38.7% 157th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 80.9% 2021 down 4.3% 24th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 0.0% 2021 — 116th Lung cancer death rates 5.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 10.5% 70th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 31.1% 2023 up 139.2% 52nd Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 12.2% 2023 up 134.6% 33rd Mortality caused by road traffic injury 12.2 per 100,000 population 2019 up 0.8% 114th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 3.5 per 100,000 female population 2019 up 16.7% 138th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 21.2 per 100,000 male population 2019 down 0.5% 102nd Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 100.0% 2017 unchanged 1st Prevalence of syphilis 3.9% 2019 up 907.7% 8th ← Previous Page 5 of 5