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Malawi
COUNTRY #1
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MALAWI VS UNITED STATES

Compare Malawi and United States 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.

United States
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
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%
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United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   United States UNITED STATES
  Malawi MALAWI   United States UNITED STATES
       
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
  
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
  
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
  
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
  
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
  
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
  
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
  
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.3
68.9
153
138
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
62.3
68.9
153
138
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
65.3
71.6
165
142
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
65.8
72.1
165
143
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
66.1
72.3
165
143
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
66.5
72.6
165
143
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
67.0
73.0
165
143
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
67.6
73.4
165
142
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
68.3
74.0
166
142
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
69.1
74.8
167
142
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
70.2
75.6
167
140
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
71.6
76.6
166
141
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
73.3
77.8
166
132
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
75.1
79.0
164
128
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
77.3
80.5
164
120
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
79.8
82.3
162
116
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
82.7
84.5
158
107
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
85.9
87.2
153
102
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
89.4
90.3
141
97
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
99.96
13
1.37
113
2. Stroke
99.81
73
22.27
164
3. Coronary Heart Disease
82.36
130
73.49
142
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.50
43
8.86
163
5. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
2.77
151
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
60.66
25
1.55
114
7. Road Traffic Accidents
57.15
3
11.10
120
8. Malaria
45.12
17
0.00
180
9. Liver Disease
43.20
16
8.98
134
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.03
73
10.58
144
11. Hypertension
32.87
38
10.26
133
12. Kidney Disease
23.88
86
13.08
127
13. Tuberculosis
23.26
47
0.09
178
14. Lung Disease
23.06
86
28.49
60
15. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
3.04
71
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.90
48
33.26
8
17. Malnutrition
14.32
16
0.90
104
18. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
11.64
126
19. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
15.93
105
20. Meningitis
12.92
27
0.15
166
21. Maternal Conditions
12.32
24
0.26
129
22. Suicide
10.58
63
14.51
31
23. Other Injuries
10.06
67
5.11
130
24. Asthma
9.68
66
0.84
141
25. Low Birth Weight
8.83
48
2.37
138
26. Falls
8.32
43
5.68
90
27. Birth Trauma
7.34
47
0.42
157
28. Lymphomas
7.19
18
6.36
31
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.35
75
3.78
140
30. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
2.84
61
31. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
2.36
57
32. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
101
5.64
73
33. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
97
4.55
68
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.68
73
0.55
170
35. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
4.70
79
36. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
4.69
110
37. Violence
3.12
112
6.00
81
38. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
2.01
132
39. Fires
2.94
51
0.73
124
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
10.28
71
41. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
2.24
173
42. Poisonings
2.51
33
0.46
102
43. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
134
8.22
28
44. Drownings
2.23
104
1.19
140
45. Epilepsy
2.04
64
0.78
159
46. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
25.54
24
47. Schistosomiasis
1.91
22
0.00
179
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.88
74
0.55
152
49. Alcohol
1.46
86
3.50
28
50. Syphilis
1.38
24
0.01
142
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malawi MALAWI   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
12,839
13.32
5,660
0.23
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,739
8.03
60,317
2.41
3. Malaria
6,308
6.54
0
0.00
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,221
6.45
41,694
1.66
5. Stroke
5,939
6.16
158,520
6.33
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,782
6.00
9,955
0.40
7. Coronary Heart Disease
4,929
5.11
504,904
20.15
8. Low Birth Weight
4,339
4.50
6,924
0.28
9. Birth Trauma
3,563
3.70
1,233
0.05
10. Liver Disease
3,259
3.38
43,402
1.73
11. Tuberculosis
2,992
3.10
546
0.02
12. Cervical Cancer
2,876
2.98
6,984
0.28
13. Congenital Anomalies
2,509
2.60
11,762
0.47
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,267
2.35
61,418
2.45
15. Maternal Conditions
1,854
1.92
779
0.03
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1,842
1.91
17,829
0.71
17. Hypertension
1,797
1.86
65,960
2.63
18. Meningitis
1,792
1.86
606
0.02
19. Kidney Disease
1,567
1.63
85,861
3.43
20. Malnutrition
1,499
1.55
6,762
0.27
21. Lung Disease
1,340
1.39
195,387
7.80
22. Other Injuries
1,266
1.31
25,997
1.04
23. Suicide
1,007
1.04
53,099
2.12
24. Lymphomas
839
0.87
40,281
1.61
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
782
0.81
287,198
11.46
26. Asthma
705
0.73
3,818
0.15
27. Breast Cancer
600
0.62
48,671
1.94
28. Falls
562
0.58
40,418
1.61
29. Syphilis
480
0.50
49
0.00
30. Drownings
458
0.47
4,070
0.16
31. Pertussis
436
0.45
16
0.00
32. Violence
406
0.42
18,976
0.76
33. Bladder Cancer
388
0.40
19,622
0.78
34. Fires
380
0.39
3,183
0.13
35. Inflammatory/Heart
370
0.38
32,529
1.30
36. Skin Cancers
331
0.34
14,311
0.57
37. Poisonings
325
0.34
1,674
0.07
38. Liver Cancer
317
0.33
27,064
1.08
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
280
0.29
3,461
0.14
40. Prostate Cancer
271
0.28
35,612
1.42
41. Epilepsy
260
0.27
3,162
0.13
42. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.27
46,985
1.87
43. Oral Cancer
251
0.26
11,555
0.46
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
234
0.24
61,827
2.47
45. Stomach Cancer
206
0.21
13,077
0.52
46. Parkinson's Disease
200
0.21
34,491
1.38
47. Tetanus
178
0.18
2
0.00
48. Ovary Cancer
158
0.16
14,591
0.58
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
154
0.16
3,646
0.15
50. Schistosomiasis
143
0.15
1
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
2.77
151
2. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
3.04
71
3. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
11.64
126
4. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
15.93
105
5. Lymphomas
7.19
18
6.36
31
6. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
2.84
61
7. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
2.36
57
8. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
4.70
79
9. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
4.69
110
10. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
2.01
132
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
10.28
71
12. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
2.24
173
13. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
25.54
24
14. Leukemia
0.62
179
4.43
49
15. Uterin Cancer
0.51
175
3.11
50
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.45
180
7.26
36
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.