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Malta
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 Malta and Paraguay 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.

Paraguay
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
Malta Population Pyramid
426,793
Paraguay Population Pyramid
9,101,631
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
  Malta MALTA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.7
70.5
68.6
20
33
28
 
62.0
65.9
63.9
44
45
44
1970
68.1
72.2
70.1
19
36
26
 
63.5
67.7
65.5
58
58
58
1980
70.8
75.2
72.9
15
28
21
 
64.7
69.1
66.8
61
72
69
1990
73.3
77.8
75.5
15
24
19
 
65.9
70.4
68.1
78
91
89
2000
75.4
79.5
77.5
16
28
24
 
69.0
73.0
70.9
69
93
82
2010
78.1
82.3
80.3
16
25
20
 
71.4
75.2
73.2
68
92
84
2019
79.9
83.8
81.9
18
21
17
 
73.1
78.8
75.8
70
65
71
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.9
83.8
18
21
73.1
78.8
70
65
Age
79.9
83.8
18
21
73.1
78.8
70
65
Age 5
80.7
84.3
16
17
74.6
80.2
61
55
Age 10
80.7
84.3
16
17
74.7
80.3
62
55
Age 15
80.7
84.3
16
17
74.8
80.4
61
55
Age 20
80.8
84.4
16
17
75.1
80.5
58
55
Age 25
80.9
84.4
16
17
75.6
80.7
58
55
Age 30
81.1
84.5
16
19
76.0
80.8
57
55
Age 35
81.2
84.5
16
19
76.4
81.0
57
54
Age 40
81.4
84.7
14
19
76.8
81.3
56
53
Age 45
81.6
84.8
17
19
77.4
81.6
55
52
Age 50
81.9
85.0
18
19
78.1
82.1
53
51
Age 55
82.4
85.4
18
17
79.0
82.7
52
50
Age 60
83.0
85.9
19
18
80.2
83.5
53
48
Age 65
83.9
86.4
19
19
81.7
84.5
50
47
Age 70
85.0
87.1
22
24
83.4
85.8
50
44
Age 75
86.4
88.1
29
26
85.6
87.3
45
43
Age 80
88.2
89.4
34
31
88.1
89.2
38
38
Age 85
90.4
91.3
55
37
91.0
91.5
25
23
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
74.77
141
76.66
137
2. Stroke
24.12
159
53.27
122
3. Lung Cancers
20.43
52
13.04
90
4. Breast Cancer
17.33
89
16.48
95
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.33
130
27.39
91
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.51
129
2.56
176
7. Diabetes Mellitus
14.47
130
41.85
56
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.22
32
9.58
82
9. Prostate Cancer
10.72
130
21.17
56
10. Lung Disease
10.48
167
20.96
97
11. Pancreas Cancer
9.46
5
4.58
75
12. Ovary Cancer
7.38
12
2.93
148
13. Kidney Disease
6.68
156
27.94
68
14. Suicide
5.32
134
6.16
125
15. Lymphomas
5.27
75
4.16
113
16. Congenital Anomalies
5.04
113
7.21
47
17. Stomach Cancer
4.75
119
6.25
88
18. Falls
4.53
114
1.62
176
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.80
110
2.17
157
20. Low Birth Weight
3.66
112
5.80
83
21. Liver Cancer
3.63
147
2.68
172
22. Uterin Cancer
3.63
33
1.57
133
23. Road Traffic Accidents
3.44
166
22.60
62
24. Leukemia
3.09
118
4.42
50
25. Bladder Cancer
2.98
55
1.00
158
26. Oral Cancer
2.86
87
2.34
111
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.80
142
2.60
149
28. Liver Disease
2.67
177
9.16
131
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.64
126
9.48
22
30. Hypertension
2.61
171
15.87
104
31. Other Injuries
2.07
180
13.54
32
32. Oesophagus Cancer
1.97
112
3.08
68
33. Other Neoplasms
1.95
52
8.44
2
34. Skin Disease
1.73
81
2.45
41
35. Skin Cancers
1.50
118
2.19
70
36. Drug Use
1.36
76
0.57
153
37. Cervical Cancer
1.33
181
17.57
46
38. Birth Trauma
0.92
127
1.95
91
39. Violence
0.86
159
7.96
62
40. Asthma
0.73
144
2.17
110
41. HIV/AIDS
0.70
120
7.00
68
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.68
164
1.20
143
43. Epilepsy
0.48
178
1.49
98
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.37
45
0.14
123
45. Alcohol
0.37
153
7.18
11
46. Drownings
0.35
180
2.55
87
47. Meningitis
0.30
139
0.72
94
48. War
0.26
35
0.04
78
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.24
25
0.94
7
50. Anemia
0.21
45
1.43
11
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malta MALTA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
876
27.03
4,327
14.50
2. Stroke
291
8.98
3,007
10.08
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
213
6.57
1,661
5.57
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
207
6.39
144
0.48
5. Lung Cancers
197
6.08
738
2.47
6. Diabetes Mellitus
163
5.03
2,361
7.91
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
147
4.54
543
1.82
8. Lung Disease
127
3.92
1,181
3.96
9. Pancreas Cancer
90
2.78
258
0.86
10. Breast Cancer
85
2.62
481
1.61
11. Kidney Disease
79
2.44
1,592
5.34
12. Lymphomas
53
1.64
245
0.82
13. Prostate Cancer
53
1.64
546
1.83
14. Falls
52
1.60
100
0.34
15. Stomach Cancer
50
1.54
355
1.19
16. Parkinson's Disease
50
1.54
122
0.41
17. Ovary Cancer
34
1.05
85
0.28
18. Liver Cancer
34
1.05
152
0.51
19. Hypertension
33
1.02
895
3.00
20. Bladder Cancer
33
1.02
57
0.19
21. Leukemia
28
0.86
272
0.91
22. Suicide
27
0.83
425
1.42
23. Oral Cancer
25
0.77
134
0.45
24. Liver Disease
23
0.71
524
1.76
25. Skin Disease
23
0.71
144
0.48
26. Other Neoplasms
22
0.68
487
1.63
27. Inflammatory/Heart
22
0.68
154
0.52
28. Uterin Cancer
21
0.65
45
0.15
29. Oesophagus Cancer
20
0.62
173
0.58
30. Endocrine Disorders
19
0.59
562
1.88
31. Road Traffic Accidents
18
0.56
1,552
5.20
32. Congenital Anomalies
17
0.52
662
2.22
33. Other Injuries
16
0.49
843
2.83
34. Skin Cancers
14
0.43
125
0.42
35. Low Birth Weight
11
0.34
644
2.16
36. Asthma
8
0.25
126
0.42
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.22
69
0.23
38. Drug Use
7
0.22
38
0.13
39. Cervical Cancer
4
0.12
516
1.73
40. Violence
4
0.12
566
1.90
41. HIV/AIDS
4
0.12
448
1.50
42. Anemia
3
0.09
82
0.27
43. Prostatic Hypertrophy
3
0.09
52
0.17
44. Alcohol
3
0.09
410
1.37
45. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.09
8
0.03
46. Epilepsy
3
0.09
98
0.33
47. Birth Trauma
3
0.09
213
0.71
48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2
0.06
66
0.22
49. Drownings
2
0.06
178
0.60
50. Osteoarthritis
2
0.06
30
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Paraguay PARAGUAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.43
52
13.04
90
2. Breast Cancer
17.33
89
16.48
95
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.22
32
9.58
82
4. Prostate Cancer
10.72
130
21.17
56
5. Pancreas Cancer
9.46
5
4.58
75
6. Ovary Cancer
7.38
12
2.93
148
7. Lymphomas
5.27
75
4.16
113
8. Stomach Cancer
4.75
119
6.25
88
9. Liver Cancer
3.63
147
2.68
172
10. Uterin Cancer
3.63
33
1.57
133
11. Leukemia
3.09
118
4.42
50
12. Bladder Cancer
2.98
55
1.00
158
13. Oral Cancer
2.86
87
2.34
111
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.97
112
3.08
68
15. Skin Cancers
1.50
118
2.19
70
16. Cervical Cancer
1.33
181
17.57
46
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.