Health in Assaba, Mauritania: official figures

For every 1,000 babies born in Assaba in the ten years before the 2019-2021 survey, 41 died before their first birthday and 53 before their fifth; the under-five rate is 3rd highest of the 14 survey areas (Mauritania, last five years: 33 and 41).

How many children in Assaba are vaccinated?

38.3% of children aged 12 to 23 months in Assaba had all basic vaccines (BCG, three doses each of pentavalent and polio, and measles) in 2019-2021 and 2.4% had none; the share with all basic vaccines is 7th lowest of the 14 survey areas (Mauritania: 37.9% and 7.3%).

Source: Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

How many children in Assaba are malnourished?

28.0% of children under five in Assaba were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition) in 2019-2021, 5th highest of the 14 survey areas (Mauritania: 25.8%).

Source: Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Do women in Assaba give birth in a health facility?

60.9% of births in Assaba in the five years before the 2019-2021 survey took place in a health facility, and 83.8% of mothers had antenatal care from a qualified health worker; the share of facility births is 4th lowest of the 14 survey areas (Mauritania: 70.0% and 85.0%).

Source: Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Do people in Assaba have health insurance?

3.8% of women aged 15 to 49 in Assaba had any health insurance in 2019-2021, 3rd lowest of the 14 survey areas (Mauritania: 8.7%).

Source: Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

How common is female genital cutting in Assaba?

82.1% of women aged 15 to 49 in Assaba had undergone female genital cutting, 4th highest of the 14 survey areas (Mauritania: 63.9%).

Source: Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

How Assaba compares with other wilayas

Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (10 years before the survey) (2010-2021)

Assaba ranks 3 of 15, highest first. Survey figures: Tiris Zemmour and Inchiri are one survey area and share a value.

Rank	Region	Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (10 years before the survey)
1	Adrar	85
2	Tagant	75
3	Assaba	53
4	Gorgol	51
5	Hodh El Gharbi	48
6	Hodh Ech Chargui	47
7	Guidimakha	44

Source: Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccines (2019-2021)

Assaba ranks 9 of 15, highest first. Survey figures: Tiris Zemmour and Inchiri are one survey area and share a value.

Rank	Region	Children 12-23 months with all basic vaccines
6	Tiris Zemmour	42.4%
7	Inchiri	42.4%
8	Gorgol	39.8%
9	Assaba	38.3%
10	Dakhlet Nouadhibou	36.9%
11	Tagant	29.8%
12	Nouakchott-Ouest	28.3%

Source: Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Children under 5 stunted (2019-2021)

Assaba ranks 5 of 15, highest first. Survey figures: Tiris Zemmour and Inchiri are one survey area and share a value.

Rank	Region	Children under 5 stunted
2	Hodh Ech Chargui	35.6%
3	Adrar	32.9%
4	Hodh El Gharbi	30.7%
5	Assaba	28.0%
6	Guidimakha	27.9%
7	Gorgol	27.3%
8	Trarza	23.0%

Source: Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Births in a health facility (5 years before the survey) (2019-2021)

Assaba ranks 12 of 15, highest first. Survey figures: Tiris Zemmour and Inchiri are one survey area and share a value.

Rank	Region	Births in a health facility (5 years before the survey)
9	Adrar	74.4%
10	Gorgol	65.2%
11	Tagant	62.6%
12	Assaba	60.9%
13	Hodh El Gharbi	51.8%
14	Guidimakha	49.5%
15	Hodh Ech Chargui	45.2%

Source: Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

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Sources

Office National de la Statistique (ONS, now ANSADE) and Ministère de la Santé, with ICF (The DHS Program): Enquête Démographique et de Santé de la Mauritanie (EDSM) 2019-2021, final report: wilaya rows of Tables 2.1.2, 2.6, 2.11, 2.13, 3.3, 3.6, 3.9.1, 5.2, 8.1, 8.3, 9.1, 9.6, 10.3, 11.1 and 17.2, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c0c593e154fd…)

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