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As of 2011, life expectancy at birth was 61.14 years.<ref name="CIA"/> Per capita expenditure on health was US$43 (PPP) in 2004.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org">{{cite web |url=http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_MRT.html |title=Human Development Report 2009 – Mauritania |publisher=Hdrstats.undp.org |access-date=4 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708001856/http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/data_sheets/cty_ds_MRT.html |archive-date=8 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Public expenditure was 2% of the GDP in 2004 and private 0.9% of the GDP in 2004.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org"/> In the early 21st century, there were 11 physicians per 100,000 people.<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org"/> Infant mortality is 60.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 estimate).<ref name="hdrstats.undp.org"/>
 
The obesity rate among Mauritanian women is high, perhaps in part due to the traditional standards of beauty in some regions by which obese women are considered beautiful while thin women are considered sickly.<ref name="msnbc.msn.comMSNBC">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18141550 |title=Mauritania struggles with love of fat women |work=NBC News |date=16 April 2007 |access-date=5 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525010810/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/18141550 |archive-date=25 May 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
=== Education ===