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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 Benin 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.

Benin
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
Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Benin BENIN
  Malta MALTA   Benin BENIN
       
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
 
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
1970
68.1
72.2
70.1
19
36
26
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
1980
70.8
75.2
72.9
15
28
21
 
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
1990
73.3
77.8
75.5
15
24
19
 
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
2000
75.4
79.5
77.5
16
28
24
 
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
2010
78.1
82.3
80.3
16
25
20
 
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
2019
79.9
83.8
81.9
18
21
17
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Benin BENIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.9
83.8
18
21
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age
79.9
83.8
18
21
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age 5
80.7
84.3
16
17
67.7
71.7
144
141
Age 10
80.7
84.3
16
17
68.4
72.5
142
139
Age 15
80.7
84.3
16
17
68.9
72.9
141
138
Age 20
80.8
84.4
16
17
69.3
73.2
140
138
Age 25
80.9
84.4
16
17
69.7
73.5
141
138
Age 30
81.1
84.5
16
19
70.2
73.9
141
138
Age 35
81.2
84.5
16
19
70.7
74.3
141
139
Age 40
81.4
84.7
14
19
71.4
74.9
142
140
Age 45
81.6
84.8
17
19
72.2
75.6
141
142
Age 50
81.9
85.0
18
19
73.3
76.3
142
144
Age 55
82.4
85.4
18
17
74.6
77.3
139
147
Age 60
83.0
85.9
19
18
76.1
78.5
141
144
Age 65
83.9
86.4
19
19
78.1
80.1
142
143
Age 70
85.0
87.1
22
24
80.4
81.9
138
140
Age 75
86.4
88.1
29
26
83.1
84.3
137
130
Age 80
88.2
89.4
34
31
86.2
87.1
127
113
Age 85
90.4
91.3
55
37
89.6
90.3
118
98
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Benin BENIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
74.77
141
113.27
90
2. Stroke
24.12
159
119.03
42
3. Lung Cancers
20.43
52
1.08
180
4. Breast Cancer
17.33
89
23.23
37
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.33
130
112.94
20
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.51
129
20.23
42
7. Diabetes Mellitus
14.47
130
37.49
67
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.22
32
5.06
150
9. Prostate Cancer
10.72
130
47.73
8
10. Lung Disease
10.48
167
25.54
76
11. Pancreas Cancer
9.46
5
3.03
111
12. Ovary Cancer
7.38
12
2.43
165
13. Kidney Disease
6.68
156
33.45
44
14. Suicide
5.32
134
12.71
43
15. Lymphomas
5.27
75
5.99
42
16. Congenital Anomalies
5.04
113
9.44
13
17. Stomach Cancer
4.75
119
6.49
83
18. Falls
4.53
114
9.00
32
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.80
110
5.27
41
20. Low Birth Weight
3.66
112
13.84
10
21. Liver Cancer
3.63
147
6.58
63
22. Uterin Cancer
3.63
33
3.34
38
23. Road Traffic Accidents
3.44
166
33.95
38
24. Leukemia
3.09
118
3.48
96
25. Bladder Cancer
2.98
55
0.67
172
26. Oral Cancer
2.86
87
2.67
96
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.80
142
7.05
48
28. Liver Disease
2.67
177
39.37
27
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.64
126
10.91
17
30. Hypertension
2.61
171
21.93
72
31. Other Injuries
2.07
180
15.04
24
32. Oesophagus Cancer
1.97
112
6.30
26
33. Other Neoplasms
1.95
52
0.41
102
34. Skin Disease
1.73
81
2.32
47
35. Skin Cancers
1.50
118
2.06
80
36. Drug Use
1.36
76
2.36
35
37. Cervical Cancer
1.33
181
22.59
31
38. Birth Trauma
0.92
127
11.26
16
39. Violence
0.86
159
6.79
71
40. Asthma
0.73
144
15.55
37
41. HIV/AIDS
0.70
120
25.19
39
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.68
164
7.54
27
43. Epilepsy
0.48
178
3.60
10
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.37
45
0.23
71
45. Alcohol
0.37
153
1.37
93
46. Drownings
0.35
180
3.85
49
47. Meningitis
0.30
139
15.80
13
48. War
0.26
35
0.02
92
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.24
25
0.00
74
50. Anemia
0.21
45
0.00
75
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malta MALTA   Benin BENIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
876
27.03
5,397
6.48
2. Stroke
291
8.98
5,855
7.03
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
213
6.57
10,205
12.25
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
207
6.39
715
0.86
5. Lung Cancers
197
6.08
66
0.08
6. Diabetes Mellitus
163
5.03
1,912
2.29
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
147
4.54
311
0.37
8. Lung Disease
127
3.92
1,220
1.46
9. Pancreas Cancer
90
2.78
177
0.21
10. Breast Cancer
85
2.62
784
0.94
11. Kidney Disease
79
2.44
1,929
2.32
12. Prostate Cancer
53
1.64
867
1.04
13. Lymphomas
53
1.64
387
0.46
14. Falls
52
1.60
543
0.65
15. Stomach Cancer
50
1.54
361
0.43
16. Parkinson's Disease
50
1.54
212
0.25
17. Liver Cancer
34
1.05
322
0.39
18. Ovary Cancer
34
1.05
86
0.10
19. Bladder Cancer
33
1.02
43
0.05
20. Hypertension
33
1.02
1,088
1.31
21. Leukemia
28
0.86
196
0.24
22. Suicide
27
0.83
922
1.11
23. Oral Cancer
25
0.77
156
0.19
24. Liver Disease
23
0.71
2,447
2.94
25. Skin Disease
23
0.71
144
0.17
26. Other Neoplasms
22
0.68
20
0.02
27. Inflammatory/Heart
22
0.68
457
0.55
28. Uterin Cancer
21
0.65
99
0.12
29. Oesophagus Cancer
20
0.62
326
0.39
30. Endocrine Disorders
19
0.59
1,454
1.75
31. Road Traffic Accidents
18
0.56
3,162
3.80
32. Congenital Anomalies
17
0.52
2,265
2.72
33. Other Injuries
16
0.49
1,532
1.84
34. Skin Cancers
14
0.43
102
0.12
35. Low Birth Weight
11
0.34
4,908
5.89
36. Asthma
8
0.25
891
1.07
37. Drug Use
7
0.22
197
0.24
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.22
442
0.53
39. HIV/AIDS
4
0.12
2,263
2.72
40. Cervical Cancer
4
0.12
669
0.80
41. Violence
4
0.12
726
0.87
42. Birth Trauma
3
0.09
3,950
4.74
43. Anemia
3
0.09
0
0.00
44. Alcohol
3
0.09
85
0.10
45. Epilepsy
3
0.09
369
0.44
46. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.09
16
0.02
47. Prostatic Hypertrophy
3
0.09
0
0.00
48. Tuberculosis
2
0.06
919
1.10
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2
0.06
197
0.24
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2
0.06
11
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Benin BENIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.43
52
1.08
180
2. Breast Cancer
17.33
89
23.23
37
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.22
32
5.06
150
4. Prostate Cancer
10.72
130
47.73
8
5. Pancreas Cancer
9.46
5
3.03
111
6. Ovary Cancer
7.38
12
2.43
165
7. Lymphomas
5.27
75
5.99
42
8. Stomach Cancer
4.75
119
6.49
83
9. Liver Cancer
3.63
147
6.58
63
10. Uterin Cancer
3.63
33
3.34
38
11. Leukemia
3.09
118
3.48
96
12. Bladder Cancer
2.98
55
0.67
172
13. Oral Cancer
2.86
87
2.67
96
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.97
112
6.30
26
15. Skin Cancers
1.50
118
2.06
80
16. Cervical Cancer
1.33
181
22.59
31
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.