The Health Statistics Unit of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life has been publishing, since 1975, an annual report on health statistics pertaining to the Island of Mauritius and since 1988, one pertaining to the Island of Rodrigues.

Data relating to population, including those required to compile most vital statistics, the main source of which is the Civil Status Office, have been obtained from Statistics Mauritius. Other data have been either collected directly by the Health Statistics Unit, or obtained mostly from the Health Records Division and other Sections/Units/Divisions of the Ministry of Health & Quality of Life and the Commission for Health in Rodrigues.