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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 Fiji 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.

Fiji
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%
Fiji Population Pyramid
1,071,252
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
  Malta MALTA   Fiji FIJI
  Malta MALTA   Fiji FIJI
       
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
 
54.0
58.2
56.0
75
74
74
1970
68.1
72.2
70.1
19
36
26
 
58.0
62.2
60.0
81
81
82
1980
70.8
75.2
72.9
15
28
21
 
62.0
66.2
64.0
79
84
84
1990
73.3
77.8
75.5
15
24
19
 
64.6
68.8
66.7
89
99
97
2000
75.4
79.5
77.5
16
28
24
 
65.2
70.3
67.7
102
110
105
2010
78.1
82.3
80.3
16
25
20
 
66.3
72.3
69.1
112
112
109
2019
79.9
83.8
81.9
18
21
17
 
65.9
70.3
68.0
131
131
133
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Fiji FIJI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.9
83.8
18
21
65.9
70.3
131
131
Age
79.9
83.8
18
21
65.9
70.3
131
131
Age 5
80.7
84.3
16
17
67.9
72.0
141
139
Age 10
80.7
84.3
16
17
68.0
72.1
146
142
Age 15
80.7
84.3
16
17
68.2
72.3
146
144
Age 20
80.8
84.4
16
17
68.4
72.5
146
146
Age 25
80.9
84.4
16
17
68.8
72.7
146
147
Age 30
81.1
84.5
16
19
69.2
73.0
148
147
Age 35
81.2
84.5
16
19
69.6
73.3
152
151
Age 40
81.4
84.7
14
19
70.1
73.7
158
156
Age 45
81.6
84.8
17
19
70.8
74.3
164
159
Age 50
81.9
85.0
18
19
71.8
75.0
165
161
Age 55
82.4
85.4
18
17
73.2
76.1
167
166
Age 60
83.0
85.9
19
18
74.9
77.5
167
165
Age 65
83.9
86.4
19
19
77.0
79.3
169
162
Age 70
85.0
87.1
22
24
79.4
81.4
171
157
Age 75
86.4
88.1
29
26
82.1
83.9
175
146
Age 80
88.2
89.4
34
31
85.1
86.6
174
152
Age 85
90.4
91.3
55
37
88.4
89.7
178
154
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Fiji FIJI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
74.77
141
229.26
21
2. Stroke
24.12
159
96.45
75
3. Lung Cancers
20.43
52
6.89
123
4. Breast Cancer
17.33
89
41.41
2
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.33
130
32.87
80
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.51
129
15.70
127
7. Diabetes Mellitus
14.47
130
243.61
1
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.22
32
7.43
113
9. Prostate Cancer
10.72
130
15.69
93
10. Lung Disease
10.48
167
24.76
80
11. Pancreas Cancer
9.46
5
3.05
110
12. Ovary Cancer
7.38
12
7.28
14
13. Kidney Disease
6.68
156
43.25
17
14. Suicide
5.32
134
9.51
78
15. Lymphomas
5.27
75
3.38
137
16. Congenital Anomalies
5.04
113
11.65
3
17. Stomach Cancer
4.75
119
3.19
150
18. Falls
4.53
114
4.37
117
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.80
110
8.32
5
20. Low Birth Weight
3.66
112
6.04
78
21. Liver Cancer
3.63
147
9.03
38
22. Uterin Cancer
3.63
33
4.99
17
23. Road Traffic Accidents
3.44
166
14.33
100
24. Leukemia
3.09
118
3.99
72
25. Bladder Cancer
2.98
55
1.04
156
26. Oral Cancer
2.86
87
1.90
140
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.80
142
6.47
57
28. Liver Disease
2.67
177
10.90
120
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.64
126
3.84
84
30. Hypertension
2.61
171
27.17
51
31. Other Injuries
2.07
180
9.37
72
32. Oesophagus Cancer
1.97
112
2.55
88
33. Other Neoplasms
1.95
52
0.54
82
34. Skin Disease
1.73
81
3.06
26
35. Skin Cancers
1.50
118
0.26
170
36. Drug Use
1.36
76
0.52
158
37. Cervical Cancer
1.33
181
21.82
34
38. Birth Trauma
0.92
127
2.70
85
39. Violence
0.86
159
2.26
125
40. Asthma
0.73
144
38.33
5
41. HIV/AIDS
0.70
120
3.43
86
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.68
164
5.41
53
43. Epilepsy
0.48
178
1.89
75
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.37
45
0.10
158
45. Alcohol
0.37
153
0.21
172
46. Drownings
0.35
180
6.65
15
47. Meningitis
0.30
139
1.89
63
48. War
0.26
35
0.01
118
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.24
25
0.00
100
50. Anemia
0.21
45
0.00
101
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Malta MALTA   Fiji FIJI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
876
27.03
1,481
22.17
2. Stroke
291
8.98
583
8.73
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
213
6.57
228
3.41
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
207
6.39
63
0.94
5. Lung Cancers
197
6.08
48
0.72
6. Diabetes Mellitus
163
5.03
1,628
24.37
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
147
4.54
45
0.67
8. Lung Disease
127
3.92
141
2.11
9. Pancreas Cancer
90
2.78
21
0.31
10. Breast Cancer
85
2.62
162
2.43
11. Kidney Disease
79
2.44
277
4.15
12. Prostate Cancer
53
1.64
41
0.61
13. Lymphomas
53
1.64
27
0.40
14. Falls
52
1.60
27
0.40
15. Stomach Cancer
50
1.54
23
0.34
16. Parkinson's Disease
50
1.54
40
0.60
17. Liver Cancer
34
1.05
68
1.02
18. Ovary Cancer
34
1.05
29
0.43
19. Bladder Cancer
33
1.02
8
0.12
20. Hypertension
33
1.02
170
2.55
21. Leukemia
28
0.86
31
0.46
22. Suicide
27
0.83
80
1.20
23. Oral Cancer
25
0.77
13
0.19
24. Liver Disease
23
0.71
82
1.23
25. Skin Disease
23
0.71
19
0.28
26. Other Neoplasms
22
0.68
3
0.04
27. Inflammatory/Heart
22
0.68
45
0.67
28. Uterin Cancer
21
0.65
20
0.30
29. Oesophagus Cancer
20
0.62
18
0.27
30. Endocrine Disorders
19
0.59
28
0.42
31. Road Traffic Accidents
18
0.56
120
1.80
32. Congenital Anomalies
17
0.52
129
1.93
33. Other Injuries
16
0.49
77
1.15
34. Skin Cancers
14
0.43
1
0.01
35. Low Birth Weight
11
0.34
86
1.29
36. Asthma
8
0.25
226
3.38
37. Drug Use
7
0.22
4
0.06
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.22
34
0.51
39. HIV/AIDS
4
0.12
30
0.45
40. Cervical Cancer
4
0.12
86
1.29
41. Violence
4
0.12
19
0.28
42. Birth Trauma
3
0.09
36
0.54
43. Anemia
3
0.09
0
0.00
44. Alcohol
3
0.09
2
0.03
45. Epilepsy
3
0.09
16
0.24
46. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.09
1
0.01
47. Prostatic Hypertrophy
3
0.09
0
0.00
48. Tuberculosis
2
0.06
39
0.58
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2
0.06
62
0.93
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
2
0.06
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Malta MALTA   Fiji FIJI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.43
52
6.89
123
2. Breast Cancer
17.33
89
41.41
2
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.22
32
7.43
113
4. Prostate Cancer
10.72
130
15.69
93
5. Pancreas Cancer
9.46
5
3.05
110
6. Ovary Cancer
7.38
12
7.28
14
7. Lymphomas
5.27
75
3.38
137
8. Stomach Cancer
4.75
119
3.19
150
9. Liver Cancer
3.63
147
9.03
38
10. Uterin Cancer
3.63
33
4.99
17
11. Leukemia
3.09
118
3.99
72
12. Bladder Cancer
2.98
55
1.04
156
13. Oral Cancer
2.86
87
1.90
140
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.97
112
2.55
88
15. Skin Cancers
1.50
118
0.26
170
16. Cervical Cancer
1.33
181
21.82
34
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.