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Malawi
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Malawi and Oman 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.

Oman
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
Oman Population Pyramid
6,915,451
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Oman OMAN
  Malawi MALAWI   Oman OMAN
       
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
 
41.1
42.9
41.9
135
139
136
1970
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
 
48.9
51.3
50.1
122
121
121
1980
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
 
59.2
62.1
60.6
97
105
100
1990
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
 
68.4
71.5
69.9
50
80
65
2000
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
 
70.7
74.9
72.6
48
69
61
2010
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
 
73.7
78.1
75.6
40
49
46
2019
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
 
73.0
75.3
73.9
72
103
91
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Oman OMAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.3
68.9
153
138
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age
62.3
68.9
153
138
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age 5
65.3
71.6
165
142
73.8
76.0
72
107
Age 10
65.8
72.1
165
143
73.9
76.1
72
108
Age 15
66.1
72.3
165
143
74.0
76.1
71
108
Age 20
66.5
72.6
165
143
74.3
76.3
72
109
Age 25
67.0
73.0
165
143
74.7
76.4
72
109
Age 30
67.6
73.4
165
142
74.9
76.5
73
110
Age 35
68.3
74.0
166
142
75.1
76.6
75
110
Age 40
69.1
74.8
167
142
75.4
76.8
78
113
Age 45
70.2
75.6
167
140
75.6
77.0
79
116
Age 50
71.6
76.6
166
141
76.0
77.3
85
122
Age 55
73.3
77.8
166
132
76.5
77.7
92
137
Age 60
75.1
79.0
164
128
77.2
78.5
109
146
Age 65
77.3
80.5
164
120
78.3
79.6
136
156
Age 70
79.8
82.3
162
116
80.1
81.2
150
165
Age 75
82.7
84.5
158
107
82.3
83.4
171
165
Age 80
85.9
87.2
153
102
84.9
86.3
178
162
Age 85
89.4
90.3
141
97
88.8
89.6
171
158
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Oman OMAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
99.96
13
0.66
121
2. Stroke
99.81
73
94.98
78
3. Coronary Heart Disease
82.36
130
301.95
5
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.50
43
37.10
74
5. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
4.16
135
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
60.66
25
2.95
92
7. Road Traffic Accidents
57.15
3
12.63
113
8. Malaria
45.12
17
0.00
147
9. Liver Disease
43.20
16
17.70
98
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.03
73
58.11
28
11. Hypertension
32.87
38
21.35
75
12. Kidney Disease
23.88
86
18.16
113
13. Tuberculosis
23.26
47
0.45
143
14. Lung Disease
23.06
86
20.58
101
15. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
1.43
130
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.90
48
22.46
24
17. Malnutrition
14.32
16
0.09
155
18. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
4.21
170
19. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
12.12
138
20. Meningitis
12.92
27
0.88
87
21. Maternal Conditions
12.32
24
0.35
122
22. Suicide
10.58
63
4.47
149
23. Other Injuries
10.06
67
4.21
146
24. Asthma
9.68
66
0.60
156
25. Low Birth Weight
8.83
48
2.79
129
26. Falls
8.32
43
9.24
25
27. Birth Trauma
7.34
47
1.05
120
28. Lymphomas
7.19
18
5.23
77
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.35
75
6.52
67
30. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
2.19
81
31. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
0.75
148
32. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
101
4.33
98
33. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
97
7.63
8
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.68
73
2.10
105
35. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
2.65
157
36. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
4.70
109
37. Violence
3.12
112
0.72
167
38. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
2.40
109
39. Fires
2.94
51
1.20
102
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
7.13
117
41. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
8.09
61
42. Poisonings
2.51
33
0.91
71
43. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
134
1.47
163
44. Drownings
2.23
104
4.91
26
45. Epilepsy
2.04
64
0.50
177
46. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
4.80
138
47. Schistosomiasis
1.91
22
0.10
57
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.88
74
0.57
151
49. Alcohol
1.46
86
0.34
157
50. Syphilis
1.38
24
0.03
122
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malawi MALAWI   Oman OMAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
12,839
13.32
31
0.21
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,739
8.03
701
4.73
3. Malaria
6,308
6.54
0
0.00
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,221
6.45
527
3.55
5. Stroke
5,939
6.16
1,648
11.11
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,782
6.00
78
0.53
7. Coronary Heart Disease
4,929
5.11
5,287
35.65
8. Low Birth Weight
4,339
4.50
207
1.40
9. Birth Trauma
3,563
3.70
77
0.52
10. Liver Disease
3,259
3.38
406
2.74
11. Tuberculosis
2,992
3.10
18
0.12
12. Cervical Cancer
2,876
2.98
42
0.28
13. Congenital Anomalies
2,509
2.60
386
2.60
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,267
2.35
1,029
6.94
15. Maternal Conditions
1,854
1.92
22
0.15
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1,842
1.91
32
0.22
17. Hypertension
1,797
1.86
360
2.43
18. Meningitis
1,792
1.86
21
0.14
19. Kidney Disease
1,567
1.63
312
2.10
20. Malnutrition
1,499
1.55
2
0.01
21. Lung Disease
1,340
1.39
325
2.19
22. Other Injuries
1,266
1.31
130
0.88
23. Suicide
1,007
1.04
241
1.62
24. Lymphomas
839
0.87
138
0.93
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
782
0.81
323
2.18
26. Asthma
705
0.73
11
0.07
27. Breast Cancer
600
0.62
141
0.95
28. Falls
562
0.58
292
1.97
29. Syphilis
480
0.50
2
0.01
30. Drownings
458
0.47
211
1.42
31. Pertussis
436
0.45
13
0.09
32. Violence
406
0.42
34
0.23
33. Bladder Cancer
388
0.40
41
0.28
34. Fires
380
0.39
38
0.26
35. Inflammatory/Heart
370
0.38
127
0.86
36. Skin Cancers
331
0.34
22
0.15
37. Poisonings
325
0.34
47
0.32
38. Liver Cancer
317
0.33
116
0.78
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
280
0.29
36
0.24
40. Prostate Cancer
271
0.28
37
0.25
41. Epilepsy
260
0.27
22
0.15
42. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.27
53
0.36
43. Oral Cancer
251
0.26
70
0.47
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
234
0.24
205
1.38
45. Stomach Cancer
206
0.21
185
1.25
46. Parkinson's Disease
200
0.21
110
0.74
47. Tetanus
178
0.18
1
0.01
48. Ovary Cancer
158
0.16
26
0.18
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
154
0.16
12
0.08
50. Schistosomiasis
143
0.15
2
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   Oman OMAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
4.16
135
2. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
1.43
130
3. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
4.21
170
4. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
12.12
138
5. Lymphomas
7.19
18
5.23
77
6. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
2.19
81
7. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
0.75
148
8. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
2.65
157
9. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
4.70
109
10. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
2.40
109
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
7.13
117
12. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
8.09
61
13. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
4.80
138
14. Leukemia
0.62
179
3.54
94
15. Uterin Cancer
0.51
175
1.40
147
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.45
180
3.32
104
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.