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Belize
COUNTRY #1
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BELIZE VS MALAWI

Compare Belize 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
Belize Population Pyramid
571,048
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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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Malawi MALAWI
  Belize BELIZE   Malawi MALAWI
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
61.1
62.3
61.7
50
58
57
  
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
1970
65.9
67.3
66.6
36
59
53
  
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
1980
69.5
71.6
70.5
25
60
38
  
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
1990
70.7
74.2
72.4
36
58
40
  
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
2000
65.6
71.3
68.3
99
101
102
  
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
2010
67.0
72.4
69.5
108
111
108
  
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
2019
71.4
77.8
74.4
83
79
81
  
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Malawi MALAWI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.4
77.8
83
79
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age
71.4
77.8
83
79
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age 5
72.3
78.6
87
79
65.3
71.6
165
142
Age 10
72.4
78.7
87
78
65.8
72.1
165
143
Age 15
72.5
78.8
89
78
66.1
72.3
165
143
Age 20
72.9
79.0
87
76
66.5
72.6
165
143
Age 25
73.6
79.2
87
75
67.0
73.0
165
143
Age 30
74.4
79.5
81
73
67.6
73.4
165
142
Age 35
75.2
79.8
73
71
68.3
74.0
166
142
Age 40
76.0
80.2
68
70
69.1
74.8
167
142
Age 45
76.9
80.6
63
68
70.2
75.6
167
140
Age 50
77.8
81.2
58
65
71.6
76.6
166
141
Age 55
78.9
82.0
56
61
73.3
77.8
166
132
Age 60
80.3
82.9
48
57
75.1
79.0
164
128
Age 65
81.9
84.1
42
52
77.3
80.5
164
120
Age 70
83.7
85.4
40
51
79.8
82.3
162
116
Age 75
85.8
87.1
39
47
82.7
84.5
158
107
Age 80
88.0
89.2
43
40
85.9
87.2
153
102
Age 85
90.8
91.5
34
28
89.4
90.3
141
97
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Malawi MALAWI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.43
143
82.36
130
2. Diabetes Mellitus
53.85
33
36.03
73
3. Stroke
48.39
130
99.81
73
4. Violence
40.23
6
3.12
112
5. Prostate Cancer
37.34
20
13.89
113
6. Kidney Disease
37.02
32
23.88
86
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
34.29
78
79.50
43
8. HIV/AIDS
33.57
31
99.96
13
9. Road Traffic Accidents
23.61
57
57.15
3
10. Liver Disease
20.20
89
43.20
16
11. Cervical Cancer
18.39
42
62.51
2
12. Lung Disease
18.01
114
23.06
86
13. Hypertension
17.49
96
32.87
38
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
115
19.90
48
15. Breast Cancer
15.17
113
13.43
128
16. Lung Cancers
11.67
98
1.92
173
17. Other Injuries
10.64
60
10.06
67
18. Liver Cancer
9.53
32
3.24
158
19. Stomach Cancer
8.50
57
2.55
167
20. Suicide
7.65
104
10.58
63
21. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.47
111
2.90
178
22. Endocrine Disorders
7.01
36
2.36
134
23. Inflammatory/Heart
6.25
62
4.28
101
24. Drownings
5.99
18
2.23
104
25. Congenital Anomalies
4.45
126
6.35
75
26. Falls
4.43
116
8.32
43
27. Parkinson's Disease
4.40
74
3.95
97
28. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
98
0.45
180
29. Malnutrition
3.27
66
14.32
16
30. Low Birth Weight
3.22
119
8.83
48
31. Alcohol
3.08
33
1.46
86
32. Tuberculosis
2.92
97
23.26
47
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.79
95
60.66
25
34. Asthma
2.51
106
9.68
66
35. Epilepsy
2.12
59
2.04
64
36. Skin Disease
2.00
68
1.36
100
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.89
117
3.68
73
38. Birth Trauma
1.50
105
7.34
47
39. Fires
1.06
111
2.94
51
40. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.03
116
1.88
74
41. Uterin Cancer
0.95
161
0.51
175
42. Leukemia
0.88
171
0.62
179
43. Oesophagus Cancer
0.84
168
21.94
1
44. Maternal Conditions
0.55
107
12.32
24
45. Ovary Cancer
0.54
182
3.33
134
46. Appendicitis
0.45
72
0.90
23
47. Drug Use
0.43
165
0.57
152
48. Meningitis
0.42
124
12.92
27
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.40
76
0.50
53
50. Poisonings
0.38
115
2.51
33
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belize BELIZE   Malawi MALAWI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
192
11.27
4,929
5.11
2. Violence
146
8.57
406
0.42
3. Diabetes Mellitus
141
8.27
2,267
2.35
4. Stroke
127
7.45
5,939
6.16
5. HIV/AIDS
119
6.98
12,839
13.32
6. Kidney Disease
102
5.99
1,567
1.63
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
97
5.69
7,739
8.03
8. Road Traffic Accidents
88
5.16
6,221
6.45
9. Liver Disease
58
3.40
3,259
3.38
10. Prostate Cancer
47
2.76
271
0.28
11. Hypertension
46
2.70
1,797
1.86
12. Lung Disease
46
2.70
1,340
1.39
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
45
2.64
782
0.81
14. Other Injuries
36
2.11
1,266
1.31
15. Lung Cancers
30
1.76
131
0.14
16. Cervical Cancer
28
1.64
2,876
2.98
17. Suicide
28
1.64
1,007
1.04
18. Liver Cancer
24
1.41
317
0.33
19. Drownings
24
1.41
458
0.47
20. Stomach Cancer
23
1.35
206
0.21
21. Endocrine Disorders
23
1.35
257
0.27
22. Congenital Anomalies
23
1.35
2,509
2.60
23. Breast Cancer
22
1.29
600
0.62
24. Low Birth Weight
20
1.17
4,339
4.50
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
20
1.17
234
0.24
26. Inflammatory/Heart
18
1.06
370
0.38
27. Falls
13
0.76
562
0.58
28. Parkinson's Disease
11
0.65
200
0.21
29. Malnutrition
10
0.59
1,499
1.55
30. Alcohol
10
0.59
114
0.12
31. Tuberculosis
9
0.53
2,992
3.10
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
9
0.53
5,782
6.00
33. Birth Trauma
9
0.53
3,563
3.70
34. Pancreas Cancer
9
0.53
38
0.04
35. Epilepsy
8
0.47
260
0.27
36. Asthma
8
0.47
705
0.73
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5
0.29
280
0.29
38. Skin Disease
5
0.29
101
0.10
39. Leukemia
4
0.23
82
0.09
40. Fires
4
0.23
380
0.39
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.18
154
0.16
42. Maternal Conditions
2
0.12
1,854
1.92
43. Oesophagus Cancer
2
0.12
1,842
1.91
44. Meningitis
1
0.06
1,792
1.86
45. Encephalitis
1
0.06
48
0.05
46. Uterin Cancer
1
0.06
23
0.02
47. Ovary Cancer
1
0.06
158
0.16
48. Lymphomas
1
0.06
839
0.87
49. Other Neoplasms
1
0.06
17
0.02
50. Drug Use
1
0.06
47
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belize BELIZE   Malawi MALAWI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
37.34
20
13.89
113
2. Cervical Cancer
18.39
42
62.51
2
3. Breast Cancer
15.17
113
13.43
128
4. Lung Cancers
11.67
98
1.92
173
5. Liver Cancer
9.53
32
3.24
158
6. Stomach Cancer
8.50
57
2.55
167
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.47
111
2.90
178
8. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
98
0.45
180
9. Uterin Cancer
0.95
161
0.51
175
10. Leukemia
0.88
171
0.62
179
11. Oesophagus Cancer
0.84
168
21.94
1
12. Ovary Cancer
0.54
182
3.33
134
13. Lymphomas
0.36
182
7.19
18
14. Skin Cancers
0.00
180
4.59
9
15. Bladder Cancer
0.00
182
4.76
13
16. Oral Cancer
0.00
183
3.05
83
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.