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Malawi
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Malawi and India 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.

India
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
India Population Pyramid
1,639,176,036
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   India INDIA
  Malawi MALAWI   India INDIA
       
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
 
43.2
41.3
42.3
121
145
135
1970
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
 
50.1
48.5
49.3
119
136
124
1980
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
 
55.9
55.5
55.7
117
129
124
1990
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
 
59.3
60.0
59.7
125
134
130
2000
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
 
61.7
63.4
62.5
119
130
128
2010
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
 
65.3
67.6
66.4
116
132
126
2019
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
 
69.5
72.2
70.8
107
122
117
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   India INDIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.3
68.9
153
138
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age
62.3
68.9
153
138
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age 5
65.3
71.6
165
142
71.9
74.7
98
119
Age 10
65.8
72.1
165
143
72.1
74.9
98
120
Age 15
66.1
72.3
165
143
72.2
75.1
96
120
Age 20
66.5
72.6
165
143
72.4
75.4
98
118
Age 25
67.0
73.0
165
143
72.8
75.7
97
116
Age 30
67.6
73.4
165
142
73.2
76.0
97
116
Age 35
68.3
74.0
166
142
73.6
76.3
94
115
Age 40
69.1
74.8
167
142
74.2
76.7
93
115
Age 45
70.2
75.6
167
140
74.9
77.1
91
113
Age 50
71.6
76.6
166
141
75.7
77.7
91
115
Age 55
73.3
77.8
166
132
76.7
78.5
87
113
Age 60
75.1
79.0
164
128
78.1
79.5
85
110
Age 65
77.3
80.5
164
120
79.7
80.9
84
106
Age 70
79.8
82.3
162
116
81.7
82.6
88
106
Age 75
82.7
84.5
158
107
84.0
84.7
84
104
Age 80
85.9
87.2
153
102
86.7
87.1
86
109
Age 85
89.4
90.3
141
97
90.1
90.4
77
95
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   India INDIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
99.96
13
3.35
87
2. Stroke
99.81
73
64.97
113
3. Coronary Heart Disease
82.36
130
140.72
55
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.50
43
35.30
77
5. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
7.46
100
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
60.66
25
64.45
20
7. Road Traffic Accidents
57.15
3
16.33
90
8. Malaria
45.12
17
0.59
48
9. Liver Disease
43.20
16
22.24
83
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.03
73
25.49
97
11. Hypertension
32.87
38
10.68
128
12. Kidney Disease
23.88
86
19.90
107
13. Tuberculosis
23.26
47
32.84
32
14. Lung Disease
23.06
86
87.90
3
15. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
3.40
57
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.90
48
14.60
137
17. Malnutrition
14.32
16
0.70
109
18. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
6.69
147
19. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
13.62
125
20. Meningitis
12.92
27
2.52
55
21. Maternal Conditions
12.32
24
1.79
74
22. Suicide
10.58
63
12.91
41
23. Other Injuries
10.06
67
12.19
44
24. Asthma
9.68
66
18.49
24
25. Low Birth Weight
8.83
48
11.98
19
26. Falls
8.32
43
21.87
1
27. Birth Trauma
7.34
47
5.11
64
28. Lymphomas
7.19
18
3.44
136
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.35
75
4.70
122
30. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
1.34
140
31. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
0.47
164
32. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
101
1.12
182
33. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
97
4.57
65
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.68
73
6.24
42
35. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
3.73
120
36. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
2.67
175
37. Violence
3.12
112
3.84
104
38. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
11.45
6
39. Fires
2.94
51
1.84
79
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
7.03
118
41. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
7.07
76
42. Poisonings
2.51
33
0.27
131
43. Endocrine Disorders
2.36
134
1.29
169
44. Drownings
2.23
104
3.76
51
45. Epilepsy
2.04
64
2.44
47
46. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
7.82
117
47. Schistosomiasis
1.91
22
0.00
120
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.88
74
10.94
8
49. Alcohol
1.46
86
1.81
68
50. Syphilis
1.38
24
0.13
88
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malawi MALAWI   India INDIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
12,839
13.32
44,406
0.52
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,739
8.03
392,425
4.63
3. Malaria
6,308
6.54
7,705
0.09
4. Road Traffic Accidents
6,221
6.45
212,596
2.51
5. Stroke
5,939
6.16
697,038
8.23
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,782
6.00
670,315
7.91
7. Coronary Heart Disease
4,929
5.11
1.52m
17.94
8. Low Birth Weight
4,339
4.50
238,739
2.82
9. Birth Trauma
3,563
3.70
102,819
1.21
10. Liver Disease
3,259
3.38
268,580
3.17
11. Tuberculosis
2,992
3.10
435,882
5.15
12. Cervical Cancer
2,876
2.98
45,319
0.53
13. Congenital Anomalies
2,509
2.60
82,769
0.98
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,267
2.35
271,495
3.20
15. Maternal Conditions
1,854
1.92
25,917
0.31
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1,842
1.91
38,898
0.46
17. Hypertension
1,797
1.86
108,050
1.28
18. Meningitis
1,792
1.86
33,337
0.39
19. Kidney Disease
1,567
1.63
222,903
2.63
20. Malnutrition
1,499
1.55
8,626
0.10
21. Lung Disease
1,340
1.39
879,732
10.38
22. Other Injuries
1,266
1.31
149,570
1.77
23. Suicide
1,007
1.04
173,347
2.05
24. Lymphomas
839
0.87
40,159
0.47
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
782
0.81
126,593
1.49
26. Asthma
705
0.73
196,051
2.31
27. Breast Cancer
600
0.62
82,821
0.98
28. Falls
562
0.58
225,755
2.66
29. Syphilis
480
0.50
2,007
0.02
30. Drownings
458
0.47
48,774
0.58
31. Pertussis
436
0.45
10,094
0.12
32. Violence
406
0.42
51,767
0.61
33. Bladder Cancer
388
0.40
14,081
0.17
34. Fires
380
0.39
23,265
0.27
35. Inflammatory/Heart
370
0.38
12,651
0.15
36. Skin Cancers
331
0.34
5,054
0.06
37. Poisonings
325
0.34
3,540
0.04
38. Liver Cancer
317
0.33
30,369
0.36
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
280
0.29
68,108
0.80
40. Prostate Cancer
271
0.28
30,945
0.37
41. Epilepsy
260
0.27
30,307
0.36
42. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.27
15,264
0.18
43. Oral Cancer
251
0.26
134,187
1.58
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
234
0.24
77,368
0.91
45. Stomach Cancer
206
0.21
81,058
0.96
46. Parkinson's Disease
200
0.21
43,398
0.51
47. Tetanus
178
0.18
7,093
0.08
48. Ovary Cancer
158
0.16
21,947
0.26
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
154
0.16
126,079
1.49
50. Schistosomiasis
143
0.15
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malawi MALAWI   India INDIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
62.51
2
7.46
100
2. Oesophagus Cancer
21.94
1
3.40
57
3. Prostate Cancer
13.89
113
6.69
147
4. Breast Cancer
13.43
128
13.62
125
5. Lymphomas
7.19
18
3.44
136
6. Bladder Cancer
4.76
13
1.34
140
7. Skin Cancers
4.59
9
0.47
164
8. Ovary Cancer
3.33
134
3.73
120
9. Liver Cancer
3.24
158
2.67
175
10. Oral Cancer
3.05
83
11.45
6
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.90
178
7.03
118
12. Stomach Cancer
2.55
167
7.07
76
13. Lung Cancers
1.92
173
7.82
117
14. Leukemia
0.62
179
2.79
129
15. Uterin Cancer
0.51
175
1.19
155
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.45
180
2.97
113
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.