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Bahamas
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 Bahamas and Malawi 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.

Malawi
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
Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Malawi MALAWI
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Malawi MALAWI
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
 
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
1970
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
 
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
1980
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
 
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
1990
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
 
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
2000
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
 
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
2010
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
 
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
2019
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
 
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Malawi MALAWI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
76.6
101
94
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age
69.9
76.6
101
94
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age 5
70.7
77.4
115
94
65.3
71.6
165
142
Age 10
70.8
77.5
115
94
65.8
72.1
165
143
Age 15
70.9
77.6
114
94
66.1
72.3
165
143
Age 20
71.3
77.8
113
93
66.5
72.6
165
143
Age 25
71.9
78.0
110
93
67.0
73.0
165
143
Age 30
72.6
78.4
102
92
67.6
73.4
165
142
Age 35
73.5
78.8
97
91
68.3
74.0
166
142
Age 40
74.4
79.3
90
86
69.1
74.8
167
142
Age 45
75.4
79.9
85
82
70.2
75.6
167
140
Age 50
76.5
80.6
80
75
71.6
76.6
166
141
Age 55
77.7
81.4
77
71
73.3
77.8
166
132
Age 60
79.1
82.4
70
66
75.1
79.0
164
128
Age 65
80.8
83.6
67
61
77.3
80.5
164
120
Age 70
82.8
85.0
61
57
79.8
82.3
162
116
Age 75
85.0
86.6
61
56
82.7
84.5
158
107
Age 80
87.5
88.7
56
52
85.9
87.2
153
102
Age 85
90.2
91.3
64
38
89.4
90.3
141
97
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Malawi MALAWI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
89.11
124
82.36
130
2. Stroke
60.37
118
99.81
73
3. Hypertension
53.15
10
32.87
38
4. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
13.89
113
5. Diabetes Mellitus
40.27
61
36.03
73
6. Violence
36.36
10
3.12
112
7. HIV/AIDS
32.20
32
99.96
13
8. Kidney Disease
30.95
52
23.88
86
9. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
13.43
128
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.39
90
79.50
43
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.83
110
19.90
48
12. Other Injuries
16.64
13
10.06
67
13. Liver Disease
16.20
103
43.20
16
14. Endocrine Disorders
16.00
7
2.36
134
15. Inflammatory/Heart
11.79
20
4.28
101
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
2.90
178
17. Lung Disease
9.23
170
23.06
86
18. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
62.51
2
19. Road Traffic Accidents
7.42
134
57.15
3
20. Skin Disease
7.42
9
1.36
100
21. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
1.92
173
22. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
0.51
175
23. Drownings
6.38
17
2.23
104
24. Lymphomas
6.37
30
7.19
18
25. Falls
4.97
103
8.32
43
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.97
49
3.95
97
27. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
2.55
167
28. Alcohol
4.67
20
1.46
86
29. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
3.33
134
30. Congenital Anomalies
4.13
133
6.35
75
31. Low Birth Weight
3.70
109
8.83
48
32. Suicide
3.37
159
10.58
63
33. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
3.24
158
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.69
90
3.68
73
35. Fires
2.66
59
2.94
51
36. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
0.45
180
37. Leukemia
2.45
143
0.62
179
38. Asthma
2.16
112
9.68
66
39. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
21.94
1
40. Epilepsy
1.91
73
2.04
64
41. Maternal Conditions
1.63
75
12.32
24
42. Birth Trauma
1.47
107
7.34
47
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.45
115
60.66
25
44. Malnutrition
1.19
94
14.32
16
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
112
1.88
74
46. Other Neoplasms
0.87
63
0.27
147
47. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
3.05
83
48. Drug Use
0.62
149
0.57
152
49. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
4.76
13
50. Meningitis
0.61
105
12.92
27
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Malawi MALAWI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
334
14.26
4,929
5.11
2. Stroke
224
9.56
5,939
6.16
3. Hypertension
198
8.45
1,797
1.86
4. Diabetes Mellitus
154
6.58
2,267
2.35
5. Violence
148
6.32
406
0.42
6. HIV/AIDS
134
5.72
12,839
13.32
7. Kidney Disease
120
5.12
1,567
1.63
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
98
4.18
7,739
8.03
9. Breast Cancer
69
2.95
600
0.62
10. Liver Disease
67
2.86
3,259
3.38
11. Other Injuries
67
2.86
1,266
1.31
12. Prostate Cancer
65
2.78
271
0.28
13. Endocrine Disorders
62
2.65
257
0.27
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
53
2.26
782
0.81
15. Inflammatory/Heart
47
2.01
370
0.38
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42
1.79
234
0.24
17. Lung Disease
33
1.41
1,340
1.39
18. Road Traffic Accidents
30
1.28
6,221
6.45
19. Lung Cancers
29
1.24
131
0.14
20. Skin Disease
27
1.15
101
0.10
21. Drownings
26
1.11
458
0.47
22. Lymphomas
25
1.07
839
0.87
23. Cervical Cancer
21
0.90
2,876
2.98
24. Alcohol
20
0.85
114
0.12
25. Stomach Cancer
18
0.77
206
0.21
26. Falls
18
0.77
562
0.58
27. Parkinson's Disease
17
0.73
200
0.21
28. Low Birth Weight
16
0.68
4,339
4.50
29. Congenital Anomalies
16
0.68
2,509
2.60
30. Uterin Cancer
14
0.60
23
0.02
31. Suicide
14
0.60
1,007
1.04
32. Liver Cancer
12
0.51
317
0.33
33. Pancreas Cancer
10
0.43
38
0.04
34. Ovary Cancer
10
0.43
158
0.16
35. Leukemia
10
0.43
82
0.09
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10
0.43
280
0.29
37. Fires
10
0.43
380
0.39
38. Oesophagus Cancer
9
0.38
1,842
1.91
39. Asthma
9
0.38
705
0.73
40. Epilepsy
8
0.34
260
0.27
41. Maternal Conditions
6
0.26
1,854
1.92
42. Birth Trauma
6
0.26
3,563
3.70
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
5
0.21
5,782
6.00
44. Malnutrition
4
0.17
1,499
1.55
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.17
154
0.16
46. Oral Cancer
3
0.13
251
0.26
47. Other Neoplasms
3
0.13
17
0.02
48. Meningitis
2
0.09
1,792
1.86
49. Encephalitis
2
0.09
48
0.05
50. Bladder Cancer
2
0.09
388
0.40
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Malawi MALAWI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
13.89
113
2. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
13.43
128
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
2.90
178
4. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
62.51
2
5. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
1.92
173
6. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
0.51
175
7. Lymphomas
6.37
30
7.19
18
8. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
2.55
167
9. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
3.33
134
10. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
3.24
158
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
0.45
180
12. Leukemia
2.45
143
0.62
179
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
21.94
1
14. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
3.05
83
15. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
4.76
13
16. Skin Cancers
0.23
173
4.59
9
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.