Mauritania
Figures computed by WHO to assure comparability; they are not necessarily the official statistics of Member States, which may use alternative rigorous methods.
Table 1: Basic indicators for all WHO Member States
| Population estimates | 1992 | 2002 |
| Total population (000) | 2807 | |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 2.8 | |
| Dependency ratio (per 100) | 89 | 87 |
| % of population aged 60+ years | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Total fertility rate | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | Males | Females |
| 2002 | 49.8 | 54.5 |
| uncertainty | 41.7 - 56.1 | 44.7 - 61.3 |
| Both sexes 2002 | 52.1 | |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | Males | Females |
| Under age 5 years 2002 | 186 | 155 |
| uncertainty | 158 - 214 | 132 - 178 |
| Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 | 393 | 304 |
| uncertainty | 245 - 603 | 156 - 536 |
Table 4: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) in all WHO Member States, estimates for 2002
| 2002 | Males | Females | |
| Healthy life expectancy (HALE) (years) | Total population at birth | 44.5 | |
| At birth | 42.8 | 46.3 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 36.0 - 47.5 | 38.4 - 51.4 | |
| At age 60 | 9.5 | 10.5 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 8.6 - 10.2 | 9.7 - 11.4 | |
| Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) | 6.9 | 8.2 | |
| Percentage of total life expectancy lost | 14 | 15.1 | |
Table 5: Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of expenditure on health, 1997-2001
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Total expenditure on health as % of GDP | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 74.5 | 71.1 | 71.9 | 73.5 | 72.4 |
| Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 25.5 | 28.9 | 28.1 | 26.5 | 27.6 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 11 | 10.3 |
| External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health | 24.8 | 19.7 | 21.5 | 24.4 | 23.2 |
| Social security expenditure on health as % of general government expenditure on health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Private prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
n/a Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made. 0 Used when no evidence of the schemes to which the cell relates exist. Some estimates yielding a ratio inferior to 0.04% are shown as 0.
Table 6: Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of per capita expenditure on health, 1997-2001
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 38 | 40 | 43 | 45 | 45 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 28 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
n/a Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made.
Table 7: Millenium Development Goals: Selected health indicators in all WHO Member States, 2000 (unles specified)
| Children under five years of age underweight for age | 2000-01 | % | 31.8 |
| Under-five mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 173 | |
| Infant mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 105 | |
| One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) | % | 58 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio | Per 100 000 live births | 1000 | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel | % | 40 | |
| HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds | % | 0.4 | |
| Malaria mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 103 | |
| Tuberculosis prevalence | Per 100 000 | 498 | |
| Tuberculosis mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 55 | |
| Tuberculosis cases | Detected under DOTS (2001) | % | … |
| Cured under DOTS | % | … | |
| Population using solid fuels | % | 69 | |
| Population with sustainable access to an improved water source | Urban | % | 34 |
| Rural | % | 40 | |
| Population with access to improved sanitation | Urban | % | 44 |
| Rural | % | 19 | |
b Estimates from the 1990s. ...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO n/a Data not available