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Italy
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Italy and Malawi health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Malawi
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Italy Population Pyramid
54,381,674
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Malawi MALAWI
  Italy ITALY   Malawi MALAWI
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.7
71.7
69.1
21
24
21
 
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
1970
68.7
74.6
71.6
15
14
13
 
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
1980
70.7
77.4
73.9
17
12
13
 
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
1990
73.6
80.3
76.9
11
7
8
 
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
2000
76.3
82.4
79.4
8
5
6
 
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
2010
79.3
84.2
81.8
7
6
7
 
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
2019
80.9
84.9
83.0
7
8
8
 
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Malawi MALAWI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.9
84.9
7
8
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age
80.9
84.9
7
8
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age 5
81.2
85.1
7
8
65.3
71.6
165
142
Age 10
81.2
85.2
7
8
65.8
72.1
165
143
Age 15
81.3
85.2
7
8
66.1
72.3
165
143
Age 20
81.3
85.2
7
8
66.5
72.6
165
143
Age 25
81.5
85.3
7
8
67.0
73.0
165
143
Age 30
81.6
85.3
10
9
67.6
73.4
165
142
Age 35
81.7
85.4
11
9
68.3
74.0
166
142
Age 40
81.8
85.5
12
10
69.1
74.8
167
142
Age 45
82.0
85.6
12
10
70.2
75.6
167
140
Age 50
82.3
85.8
12
9
71.6
76.6
166
141
Age 55
82.7
86.1
14
9
73.3
77.8
166
132
Age 60
83.4
86.5
13
9
75.1
79.0
164
128
Age 65
84.2
87.1
15
11
77.3
80.5
164
120
Age 70
85.3
87.7
14
11
79.8
82.3
162
116
Age 75
86.7
88.7
16
14
82.7
84.5
158
107
Age 80
88.4
89.8
22
16
85.9
87.2
153
102
Age 85
90.6
91.5
42
22
89.4
90.3
141
97
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Malawi MALAWI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
42.43
169
82.36
130
2. Stroke
25.15
156
99.81
73
3. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
1.92
173
4. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
13.43
128
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.86
135
19.90
48
6. Lung Disease
13.17
152
23.06
86
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
2.90
178
8. Hypertension
10.77
127
32.87
38
9. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
13.89
113
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.21
145
36.03
73
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
0.45
180
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.30
178
79.50
43
13. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
2.55
167
14. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
3.24
158
15. Lymphomas
5.80
52
7.19
18
16. Other Injuries
5.34
127
10.06
67
17. Kidney Disease
5.16
165
23.88
86
18. Other Neoplasms
4.93
15
0.27
147
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
66
2.36
134
20. Suicide
4.33
151
10.58
63
21. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
3.33
134
22. Leukemia
4.17
60
0.62
179
23. Road Traffic Accidents
4.13
162
57.15
3
24. Liver Disease
3.92
171
43.20
16
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
127
3.95
97
26. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
4.76
13
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.98
139
4.28
101
28. Congenital Anomalies
2.59
164
6.35
75
29. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
0.51
175
30. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
3.05
83
31. Falls
2.13
171
8.32
43
32. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
4.59
9
33. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
62.51
2
34. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
21.94
1
35. Hepatitis C
1.36
4
0.19
58
36. Low Birth Weight
1.13
165
8.83
48
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.07
111
1.88
74
38. Epilepsy
0.87
143
2.04
64
39. Drug Use
0.78
132
0.57
152
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.64
155
60.66
25
41. Anemia
0.62
19
0.00
128
42. Violence
0.60
173
3.12
112
43. HIV/AIDS
0.60
123
99.96
13
44. Skin Disease
0.59
137
1.36
100
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.56
31
0.10
154
46. Drownings
0.46
173
2.23
104
47. Birth Trauma
0.40
163
7.34
47
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.33
180
3.68
73
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.33
84
0.50
53
50. Malnutrition
0.31
124
14.32
16
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Italy ITALY   Malawi MALAWI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97,116
17.89
4,929
5.11
2. Stroke
62,633
11.54
5,939
6.16
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
41,445
7.64
782
0.81
4. Lung Cancers
34,152
6.29
131
0.14
5. Lung Disease
32,382
5.97
1,340
1.39
6. Hypertension
29,931
5.51
1,797
1.86
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,254
3.92
234
0.24
8. Diabetes Mellitus
19,836
3.65
2,267
2.35
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,339
3.01
7,739
8.03
10. Breast Cancer
13,868
2.56
600
0.62
11. Kidney Disease
12,726
2.34
1,567
1.63
12. Other Injuries
12,112
2.23
1,266
1.31
13. Pancreas Cancer
12,095
2.23
38
0.04
14. Stomach Cancer
10,252
1.89
206
0.21
15. Other Neoplasms
9,984
1.84
17
0.02
16. Lymphomas
9,670
1.78
839
0.87
17. Liver Cancer
9,620
1.77
317
0.33
18. Endocrine Disorders
8,431
1.55
257
0.27
19. Parkinson's Disease
8,428
1.55
200
0.21
20. Prostate Cancer
8,409
1.55
271
0.28
21. Leukemia
6,728
1.24
82
0.09
22. Bladder Cancer
6,711
1.24
388
0.40
23. Liver Disease
5,559
1.02
3,259
3.38
24. Inflammatory/Heart
5,531
1.02
370
0.38
25. Falls
4,222
0.78
562
0.58
26. Suicide
4,042
0.74
1,007
1.04
27. Oral Cancer
3,343
0.62
251
0.26
28. Ovary Cancer
3,282
0.60
158
0.16
29. Skin Cancers
3,239
0.60
331
0.34
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3,221
0.59
6,221
6.45
31. Hepatitis C
2,451
0.45
15
0.02
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,216
0.41
154
0.16
33. Uterin Cancer
2,198
0.40
23
0.02
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2,045
0.38
1,842
1.91
35. Anemia
1,672
0.31
0
0.00
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,622
0.30
5,782
6.00
37. Congenital Anomalies
1,443
0.27
2,509
2.60
38. Skin Disease
1,440
0.27
101
0.10
39. Epilepsy
1,337
0.25
260
0.27
40. Cervical Cancer
1,154
0.21
2,876
2.98
41. Malnutrition
775
0.14
1,499
1.55
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
701
0.13
29
0.03
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
690
0.13
280
0.29
44. Multiple Sclerosis
677
0.12
9
0.01
45. Drug Use
654
0.12
47
0.05
46. HIV/AIDS
520
0.10
12,839
13.32
47. Asthma
494
0.09
705
0.73
48. Osteoarthritis
481
0.09
0
0.00
49. Schizophrenia
424
0.08
0
0.00
50. Violence
409
0.08
406
0.42
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Italy ITALY   Malawi MALAWI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.68
42
1.92
173
2. Breast Cancer
16.63
94
13.43
128
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.95
52
2.90
178
4. Prostate Cancer
9.43
135
13.89
113
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.40
33
0.45
180
6. Stomach Cancer
6.00
92
2.55
167
7. Liver Cancer
5.97
76
3.24
158
8. Lymphomas
5.80
52
7.19
18
9. Ovary Cancer
4.29
98
3.33
134
10. Leukemia
4.17
60
0.62
179
11. Bladder Cancer
3.38
47
4.76
13
12. Uterin Cancer
2.45
82
0.51
175
13. Oral Cancer
2.31
113
3.05
83
14. Skin Cancers
2.05
82
4.59
9
15. Cervical Cancer
1.82
172
62.51
2
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.36
134
21.94
1
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.