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Country fact sheet: Mauritius
- Total population: | 1 268 000 |
- Female population: | 642 000 |
- Male population: | 626 000 |
Health Expenditure
- Total per capita (US$): | 560.4 |
- Out-of-pocket (% of total expenditure on health): | 41.3 |
- UHC Service Coverage Index: | 66 |
Human Development Index
- HDI: | 0.804 |
- Category: | Very high |
Geography
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Life Expectancy at Birth
- Total population (years): | 74.1 |
- Female population (years): | 77.3 |
- Male population (years): | 71.0 |
Cancer Burden
- Overall cancer incidence (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | 155.0 |
- Overall cancer mortality (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | 72.4 |
- Most common cancer site by incidence for females (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | Breast (66.2) |
- Most common cancer site by mortality for females (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | Breast (20.0) |
- Most common cancer site by incidence for males (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | Prostate (25.1) |
- Most common cancer site by mortality for males (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | Prostate (11.7) |
- GLOBOCAN 2020 population fact sheet |
Check also the following factsheets: Breast, Cervical, Colorectal