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Malawi
COUNTRY #1
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MALAWI VS MYANMAR

Compare Malawi and Myanmar 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.

Myanmar
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
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Myanmar Population Pyramid
62,253,423
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Malawi MALAWI   Myanmar MYANMAR
       
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
  
42.4
45.4
43.9
126
127
125
1970
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
  
49.8
53.6
51.7
120
115
117
1980
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
  
55.4
59.4
57.3
121
119
118
1990
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
  
57.0
61.1
59.0
133
129
132
2000
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
  
60.2
64.1
62.1
126
127
130
2010
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
  
63.5
67.3
65.4
127
133
131
2019
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
  
65.9
72.2
69.1
133
121
126
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Myanmar MYANMAR
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.3
68.9
153
138
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age
62.3
68.9
153
138
65.9
72.2
133
121
Age 5
65.3
71.6
165
142
69.3
75.2
133
115
Age 10
65.8
72.1
165
143
69.4
75.3
135
115
Age 15
66.1
72.3
165
143
69.6
75.5
136
115
Age 20
66.5
72.6
165
143
69.9
75.6
136
115
Age 25
67.0
73.0
165
143
70.4
75.9
135
115
Age 30
67.6
73.4
165
142
70.8
76.1
134
114
Age 35
68.3
74.0
166
142
71.3
76.4
134
114
Age 40
69.1
74.8
167
142
71.8
76.8
134
112
Age 45
70.2
75.6
167
140
72.5
77.3
135
111
Age 50
71.6
76.6
166
141
73.4
77.9
138
111
Age 55
73.3
77.8
166
132
74.7
78.7
138
108
Age 60
75.1
79.0
164
128
76.2
79.6
139
107
Age 65
77.3
80.5
164
120
78.1
80.9
143
107
Age 70
79.8
82.3
162
116
80.3
82.4
140
110
Age 75
82.7
84.5
158
107
83.0
84.5
142
112
Age 80
85.9
87.2
153
102
86.0
87.0
139
120
Age 85
89.4
90.3
141
97
89.4
90.1
135
121
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Myanmar MYANMAR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
99.96
13
13.93
50
2. Stroke
99.81
73
185.28
7
3. Coronary Heart Disease
82.36
130
90.33
123
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.50
43
40.28
67
5. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
14.20
59
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
60.66
25
17.00
61
7. Road Traffic Accidents
57.15
3
20.94
71
8. Malaria
45.12
17
0.21
53
9. Liver Disease
43.20
16
33.29
50
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.03
73
48.14
42
11. Hypertension
32.87
38
20.51
79
12. Kidney Disease
23.88
86
23.48
89
13. Tuberculosis
23.26
47
38.12
27
14. Lung Disease
23.06
86
73.61
9
15. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
6.70
25
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.90
48
17.12
104
17. Malnutrition
14.32
16
2.65
78
18. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
2.63
177
19. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
11.49
147
20. Meningitis
12.92
27
1.01
79
21. Maternal Conditions
12.32
24
3.00
58
22. Suicide
10.58
63
2.96
162
23. Other Injuries
10.06
67
5.48
124
24. Asthma
9.68
66
24.48
11
25. Low Birth Weight
8.83
48
8.91
46
26. Falls
8.32
43
13.85
9
27. Birth Trauma
7.34
47
7.82
43
28. Lymphomas
7.19
18
3.11
142
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.35
75
5.25
108
30. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
1.46
130
31. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
2.27
64
32. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
101
4.16
110
33. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
97
4.36
78
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.68
73
6.05
47
35. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
3.69
122
36. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
10.79
27
37. Violence
3.12
112
3.92
102
38. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
8.77
8
39. Fires
2.94
51
0.47
144
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
6.75
122
41. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
11.58
26
42. Poisonings
2.51
33
1.44
60
43. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
134
2.91
116
44. Drownings
2.23
104
4.24
40
45. Epilepsy
2.04
64
1.02
134
46. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
16.58
74
47. Schistosomiasis
1.91
22
0.00
142
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.88
74
2.00
71
49. Alcohol
1.46
86
0.63
134
50. Syphilis
1.38
24
0.45
62
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malawi MALAWI   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
12,839
13.32
7,707
2.14
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,739
8.03
16,726
4.64
3. Malaria
6,308
6.54
109
0.03
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,221
6.45
11,004
3.05
5. Stroke
5,939
6.16
71,440
19.81
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,782
6.00
7,237
2.01
7. Coronary Heart Disease
4,929
5.11
34,871
9.67
8. Low Birth Weight
4,339
4.50
7,125
1.98
9. Birth Trauma
3,563
3.70
6,169
1.71
10. Liver Disease
3,259
3.38
17,143
4.75
11. Tuberculosis
2,992
3.10
19,299
5.35
12. Cervical Cancer
2,876
2.98
3,945
1.09
13. Congenital Anomalies
2,509
2.60
3,679
1.02
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,267
2.35
19,944
5.53
15. Maternal Conditions
1,854
1.92
1,681
0.47
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1,842
1.91
3,325
0.92
17. Hypertension
1,797
1.86
7,843
2.18
18. Meningitis
1,792
1.86
550
0.15
19. Kidney Disease
1,567
1.63
9,924
2.75
20. Malnutrition
1,499
1.55
945
0.26
21. Lung Disease
1,340
1.39
26,531
7.36
22. Other Injuries
1,266
1.31
2,762
0.77
23. Suicide
1,007
1.04
1,565
0.43
24. Lymphomas
839
0.87
1,472
0.41
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
782
0.81
5,082
1.41
26. Asthma
705
0.73
9,557
2.65
27. Breast Cancer
600
0.62
3,192
0.89
28. Falls
562
0.58
5,686
1.58
29. Syphilis
480
0.50
305
0.08
30. Drownings
458
0.47
2,212
0.61
31. Pertussis
436
0.45
1,244
0.35
32. Violence
406
0.42
2,124
0.59
33. Bladder Cancer
388
0.40
573
0.16
34. Fires
380
0.39
227
0.06
35. Inflammatory/Heart
370
0.38
1,702
0.47
36. Skin Cancers
331
0.34
962
0.27
37. Poisonings
325
0.34
728
0.20
38. Liver Cancer
317
0.33
5,215
1.45
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
280
0.29
2,558
0.71
40. Prostate Cancer
271
0.28
338
0.09
41. Epilepsy
260
0.27
524
0.15
42. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.27
1,265
0.35
43. Oral Cancer
251
0.26
4,209
1.17
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
234
0.24
2,996
0.83
45. Stomach Cancer
206
0.21
5,343
1.48
46. Parkinson's Disease
200
0.21
1,450
0.40
47. Tetanus
178
0.18
426
0.12
48. Ovary Cancer
158
0.16
1,053
0.29
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
154
0.16
893
0.25
50. Schistosomiasis
143
0.15
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Myanmar MYANMAR
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
14.20
59
2. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
6.70
25
3. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
2.63
177
4. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
11.49
147
5. Lymphomas
7.19
18
3.11
142
6. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
1.46
130
7. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
2.27
64
8. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
3.69
122
9. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
10.79
27
10. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
8.77
8
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
6.75
122
12. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
11.58
26
13. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
16.58
74
14. Leukemia
0.62
179
3.05
119
15. Uterin Cancer
0.51
175
0.94
163
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.45
180
1.68
149
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.