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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
MALTA VS CHINA

Compare Malta and China 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.

China
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
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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China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   China CHINA
  Malta MALTA   China CHINA
       
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
  
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
68.1
72.2
70.1
19
36
26
  
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
70.8
75.2
72.9
15
28
21
  
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
73.3
77.8
75.5
15
24
19
  
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
75.4
79.5
77.5
16
28
24
  
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
78.1
82.3
80.3
16
25
20
  
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
79.9
83.8
81.9
18
21
17
  
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.9
83.8
18
21
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
79.9
83.8
18
21
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
80.7
84.3
16
17
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
80.7
84.3
16
17
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
80.7
84.3
16
17
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
80.8
84.4
16
17
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
80.9
84.4
16
17
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
81.1
84.5
16
19
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
81.2
84.5
16
19
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
81.4
84.7
14
19
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
81.6
84.8
17
19
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
81.9
85.0
18
19
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
82.4
85.4
18
17
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
83.0
85.9
19
18
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
83.9
86.4
19
19
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
85.0
87.1
22
24
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
86.4
88.1
29
26
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
88.2
89.4
34
31
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
90.4
91.3
55
37
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
74.77
141
97.57
115
2. Stroke
24.12
159
110.80
58
3. Lung Cancers
20.43
52
36.63
5
4. Breast Cancer
17.33
89
8.95
169
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.33
130
11.28
152
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.51
129
17.36
97
7. Diabetes Mellitus
14.47
130
8.56
148
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.22
32
13.02
42
9. Prostate Cancer
10.72
130
6.41
152
10. Lung Disease
10.48
167
54.18
13
11. Pancreas Cancer
9.46
5
5.72
59
12. Ovary Cancer
7.38
12
2.76
153
13. Kidney Disease
6.68
156
10.39
141
14. Suicide
5.32
134
6.67
121
15. Lymphomas
5.27
75
3.04
145
16. Congenital Anomalies
5.04
113
3.32
150
17. Stomach Cancer
4.75
119
20.55
3
18. Falls
4.53
114
8.04
50
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.80
110
3.95
98
20. Low Birth Weight
3.66
112
1.76
150
21. Liver Cancer
3.63
147
9.30
33
22. Uterin Cancer
3.63
33
1.16
157
23. Road Traffic Accidents
3.44
166
15.09
96
24. Leukemia
3.09
118
3.48
97
25. Bladder Cancer
2.98
55
2.04
94
26. Oral Cancer
2.86
87
2.81
89
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.80
142
1.73
168
28. Liver Disease
2.67
177
7.57
146
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.64
126
1.51
162
30. Hypertension
2.61
171
16.80
98
31. Other Injuries
2.07
180
3.50
161
32. Oesophagus Cancer
1.97
112
12.42
6
33. Other Neoplasms
1.95
52
0.24
152
34. Skin Disease
1.73
81
0.30
162
35. Skin Cancers
1.50
118
1.05
137
36. Drug Use
1.36
76
1.34
79
37. Cervical Cancer
1.33
181
5.16
124
38. Birth Trauma
0.92
127
1.40
108
39. Violence
0.86
159
0.73
166
40. Asthma
0.73
144
1.29
123
41. HIV/AIDS
0.70
120
1.62
111
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.68
164
2.05
106
43. Epilepsy
0.48
178
0.74
163
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.37
45
0.09
167
45. Alcohol
0.37
153
1.05
111
46. Drownings
0.35
180
3.66
56
47. Meningitis
0.30
139
0.39
128
48. War
0.26
35
0.06
68
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.24
25
0.00
86
50. Anemia
0.21
45
0.00
87
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malta MALTA   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
876
27.03
1.772m
18.44
2. Stroke
291
8.98
2.043m
21.27
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
213
6.57
183,342
1.91
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
207
6.39
304,455
3.17
5. Lung Cancers
197
6.08
714,311
7.44
6. Diabetes Mellitus
163
5.03
161,672
1.68
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
147
4.54
248,388
2.59
8. Lung Disease
127
3.92
968,607
10.08
9. Pancreas Cancer
90
2.78
111,537
1.16
10. Breast Cancer
85
2.62
92,757
0.97
11. Kidney Disease
79
2.44
192,302
2.00
12. Prostate Cancer
53
1.64
51,056
0.53
13. Lymphomas
53
1.64
57,838
0.60
14. Falls
52
1.60
138,878
1.45
15. Stomach Cancer
50
1.54
398,439
4.15
16. Parkinson's Disease
50
1.54
70,699
0.74
17. Liver Cancer
34
1.05
180,952
1.88
18. Ovary Cancer
34
1.05
28,078
0.29
19. Bladder Cancer
33
1.02
37,873
0.39
20. Hypertension
33
1.02
301,183
3.14
21. Leukemia
28
0.86
58,145
0.61
22. Suicide
27
0.83
116,324
1.21
23. Oral Cancer
25
0.77
54,695
0.57
24. Liver Disease
23
0.71
145,603
1.52
25. Skin Disease
23
0.71
5,222
0.05
26. Other Neoplasms
22
0.68
4,374
0.05
27. Inflammatory/Heart
22
0.68
29,954
0.31
28. Uterin Cancer
21
0.65
11,751
0.12
29. Oesophagus Cancer
20
0.62
242,891
2.53
30. Endocrine Disorders
19
0.59
25,613
0.27
31. Road Traffic Accidents
18
0.56
250,272
2.61
32. Congenital Anomalies
17
0.52
36,613
0.38
33. Other Injuries
16
0.49
54,087
0.56
34. Skin Cancers
14
0.43
19,669
0.20
35. Low Birth Weight
11
0.34
21,631
0.23
36. Asthma
8
0.25
23,147
0.24
37. Drug Use
7
0.22
24,214
0.25
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.22
37,723
0.39
39. HIV/AIDS
4
0.12
28,746
0.30
40. Cervical Cancer
4
0.12
51,650
0.54
41. Violence
4
0.12
11,115
0.12
42. Birth Trauma
3
0.09
17,644
0.18
43. Anemia
3
0.09
0
0.00
44. Alcohol
3
0.09
19,071
0.20
45. Epilepsy
3
0.09
11,365
0.12
46. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.09
1,734
0.02
47. Prostatic Hypertrophy
3
0.09
0
0.00
48. Tuberculosis
2
0.06
34,802
0.36
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2
0.06
65,350
0.68
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2
0.06
10,108
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.43
52
36.63
5
2. Breast Cancer
17.33
89
8.95
169
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.22
32
13.02
42
4. Prostate Cancer
10.72
130
6.41
152
5. Pancreas Cancer
9.46
5
5.72
59
6. Ovary Cancer
7.38
12
2.76
153
7. Lymphomas
5.27
75
3.04
145
8. Stomach Cancer
4.75
119
20.55
3
9. Liver Cancer
3.63
147
9.30
33
10. Uterin Cancer
3.63
33
1.16
157
11. Leukemia
3.09
118
3.48
97
12. Bladder Cancer
2.98
55
2.04
94
13. Oral Cancer
2.86
87
2.81
89
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.97
112
12.42
6
15. Skin Cancers
1.50
118
1.05
137
16. Cervical Cancer
1.33
181
5.16
124
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.