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Malawi
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Malawi and Egypt 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.

Egypt
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
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Egypt EGYPT
  Malawi MALAWI   Egypt EGYPT
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
 
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
 
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
 
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
 
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
 
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
 
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
 
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.3
68.9
153
138
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age
62.3
68.9
153
138
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
65.3
71.6
165
142
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
65.8
72.1
165
143
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
66.1
72.3
165
143
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
66.5
72.6
165
143
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
67.0
73.0
165
143
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
67.6
73.4
165
142
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
68.3
74.0
166
142
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
69.1
74.8
167
142
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
70.2
75.6
167
140
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
71.6
76.6
166
141
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
73.3
77.8
166
132
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
75.1
79.0
164
128
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
77.3
80.5
164
120
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
79.8
82.3
162
116
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
82.7
84.5
158
107
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
85.9
87.2
153
102
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
89.4
90.3
141
97
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
99.96
13
0.41
127
2. Stroke
99.81
73
65.24
110
3. Coronary Heart Disease
82.36
130
268.11
15
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.50
43
25.25
99
5. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
1.68
175
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
60.66
25
3.32
88
7. Road Traffic Accidents
57.15
3
11.77
116
8. Malaria
45.12
17
0.00
101
9. Liver Disease
43.20
16
93.37
1
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.03
73
27.97
92
11. Hypertension
32.87
38
34.03
35
12. Kidney Disease
23.88
86
32.58
46
13. Tuberculosis
23.26
47
0.54
138
14. Lung Disease
23.06
86
20.69
100
15. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
1.39
132
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.90
48
13.14
148
17. Malnutrition
14.32
16
1.10
99
18. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
6.17
154
19. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
24.04
33
20. Meningitis
12.92
27
0.78
92
21. Maternal Conditions
12.32
24
0.80
93
22. Suicide
10.58
63
3.41
158
23. Other Injuries
10.06
67
4.29
144
24. Asthma
9.68
66
10.51
59
25. Low Birth Weight
8.83
48
6.01
80
26. Falls
8.32
43
2.57
161
27. Birth Trauma
7.34
47
3.36
79
28. Lymphomas
7.19
18
11.00
2
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.35
75
7.73
38
30. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
8.13
2
31. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
1.52
117
32. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
101
3.07
135
33. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
97
4.12
91
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.68
73
1.89
119
35. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
5.11
61
36. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
34.11
2
37. Violence
3.12
112
4.42
93
38. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
1.16
170
39. Fires
2.94
51
1.72
83
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
4.35
156
41. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
2.54
168
42. Poisonings
2.51
33
0.20
151
43. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
134
2.96
113
44. Drownings
2.23
104
1.09
146
45. Epilepsy
2.04
64
0.48
179
46. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
8.02
115
47. Schistosomiasis
1.91
22
0.31
44
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.88
74
1.62
82
49. Alcohol
1.46
86
0.17
176
50. Syphilis
1.38
24
0.10
95
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malawi MALAWI   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
12,839
13.32
397
0.07
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,739
8.03
20,694
3.86
3. Malaria
6,308
6.54
0
0.00
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,221
6.45
10,141
1.89
5. Stroke
5,939
6.16
43,839
8.17
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,782
6.00
3,692
0.69
7. Coronary Heart Disease
4,929
5.11
173,871
32.40
8. Low Birth Weight
4,339
4.50
11,391
2.12
9. Birth Trauma
3,563
3.70
6,109
1.14
10. Liver Disease
3,259
3.38
60,122
11.20
11. Tuberculosis
2,992
3.10
432
0.08
12. Cervical Cancer
2,876
2.98
625
0.12
13. Congenital Anomalies
2,509
2.60
12,163
2.27
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,267
2.35
19,131
3.57
15. Maternal Conditions
1,854
1.92
795
0.15
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1,842
1.91
951
0.18
17. Hypertension
1,797
1.86
21,094
3.93
18. Meningitis
1,792
1.86
827
0.15
19. Kidney Disease
1,567
1.63
21,087
3.93
20. Malnutrition
1,499
1.55
759
0.14
21. Lung Disease
1,340
1.39
13,393
2.50
22. Other Injuries
1,266
1.31
3,819
0.71
23. Suicide
1,007
1.04
3,022
0.56
24. Lymphomas
839
0.87
7,539
1.40
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
782
0.81
6,975
1.30
26. Asthma
705
0.73
7,104
1.32
27. Breast Cancer
600
0.62
9,180
1.71
28. Falls
562
0.58
2,019
0.38
29. Syphilis
480
0.50
159
0.03
30. Drownings
458
0.47
1,122
0.21
31. Pertussis
436
0.45
906
0.17
32. Violence
406
0.42
4,165
0.78
33. Bladder Cancer
388
0.40
5,133
0.96
34. Fires
380
0.39
1,568
0.29
35. Inflammatory/Heart
370
0.38
2,489
0.46
36. Skin Cancers
331
0.34
1,013
0.19
37. Poisonings
325
0.34
195
0.04
38. Liver Cancer
317
0.33
24,512
4.57
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
280
0.29
1,339
0.25
40. Prostate Cancer
271
0.28
1,282
0.24
41. Epilepsy
260
0.27
451
0.08
42. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.27
2,372
0.44
43. Oral Cancer
251
0.26
793
0.15
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
234
0.24
3,083
0.57
45. Stomach Cancer
206
0.21
1,844
0.34
46. Parkinson's Disease
200
0.21
2,391
0.45
47. Tetanus
178
0.18
540
0.10
48. Ovary Cancer
158
0.16
1,944
0.36
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
154
0.16
1,248
0.23
50. Schistosomiasis
143
0.15
220
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
1.68
175
2. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
1.39
132
3. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
6.17
154
4. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
24.04
33
5. Lymphomas
7.19
18
11.00
2
6. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
8.13
2
7. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
1.52
117
8. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
5.11
61
9. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
34.11
2
10. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
1.16
170
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
4.35
156
12. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
2.54
168
13. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
8.02
115
14. Leukemia
0.62
179
4.53
42
15. Uterin Cancer
0.51
175
1.19
154
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.45
180
4.11
83
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.