World Health Review
COUNTRY #1
Compare Nepal 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.
COUNTRY #2
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
POOR
NEPAL | MALAWI | ||||||||||||
NEPAL | MALAWI | ||||||||||||
World Rank
|
World Rank
|
||||||||||||
M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | ||
1960 |
39.0
|
38.4
|
38.7
|
148
|
156
|
154
|
37.4
|
38.5
|
37.9
|
153
|
155
|
157
|
|
1970 |
43.1
|
42.8
|
43.0
|
145
|
157
|
152
|
40.1
|
41.6
|
40.8
|
161
|
161
|
160
|
|
1980 |
48.7
|
48.2
|
48.4
|
144
|
155
|
149
|
43.9
|
45.8
|
44.8
|
159
|
162
|
160
|
|
1990 |
54.7
|
54.2
|
54.5
|
142
|
155
|
151
|
47.3
|
50.0
|
48.6
|
164
|
166
|
164
|
|
2000 |
61.5
|
63.5
|
62.5
|
121
|
129
|
129
|
42.6
|
43.6
|
43.1
|
180
|
182
|
182
|
|
2010 |
66.7
|
69.4
|
68.0
|
109
|
124
|
119
|
51.7
|
54.0
|
52.9
|
172
|
174
|
173
|
|
2019 |
68.9
|
72.7
|
70.9
|
113
|
119
|
116
|
62.3
|
68.9
|
65.6
|
153
|
138
|
143
|
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
POOR
NEPAL | MALAWI | ||||||||
World Rank | World Rank | ||||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
At Birth |
68.9
|
72.7
|
113
|
119
|
62.3
|
68.9
|
153
|
138
|
|
Age 5 |
71.2
|
74.9
|
102
|
118
|
65.3
|
71.6
|
165
|
142
|
|
Age 10 |
71.4
|
75.1
|
103
|
117
|
65.8
|
72.1
|
165
|
143
|
|
Age 15 |
71.6
|
75.2
|
104
|
118
|
66.1
|
72.3
|
165
|
143
|
|
Age 20 |
71.8
|
75.4
|
104
|
119
|
66.5
|
72.6
|
165
|
143
|
|
Age 25 |
72.2
|
75.6
|
105
|
119
|
67.0
|
73.0
|
165
|
143
|
|
Age 30 |
72.5
|
75.8
|
106
|
118
|
67.6
|
73.4
|
165
|
142
|
|
Age 35 |
72.9
|
76.0
|
106
|
118
|
68.3
|
74.0
|
166
|
142
|
|
Age 40 |
73.3
|
76.3
|
107
|
118
|
69.1
|
74.8
|
167
|
142
|
|
Age 45 |
73.8
|
76.8
|
111
|
117
|
70.2
|
75.6
|
167
|
140
|
|
Age 50 |
74.5
|
77.4
|
112
|
118
|
71.6
|
76.6
|
166
|
141
|
|
Age 55 |
75.5
|
78.2
|
118
|
117
|
73.3
|
77.8
|
166
|
132
|
|
Age 60 |
76.8
|
79.2
|
123
|
120
|
75.1
|
79.0
|
164
|
128
|
|
Age 65 |
78.5
|
80.4
|
123
|
124
|
77.3
|
80.5
|
164
|
120
|
|
Age 70 |
80.7
|
82.0
|
129
|
134
|
79.8
|
82.3
|
162
|
116
|
|
Age 75 |
83.2
|
84.1
|
133
|
137
|
82.7
|
84.5
|
158
|
107
|
|
Age 80 |
86.1
|
86.7
|
132
|
146
|
85.9
|
87.2
|
153
|
102
|
|
Age 85 |
89.4
|
89.8
|
145
|
151
|
89.4
|
90.3
|
141
|
97
|
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
NEPAL | MALAWI | |||||
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH | Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | ||
1. | Lung Disease |
149.01
|
1
|
23.06
|
86
|
|
2. | Coronary Heart Disease |
102.19
|
104
|
82.36
|
130
|
|
3. | Tuberculosis |
72.19
|
12
|
23.26
|
47
|
|
4. | Stroke |
67.32
|
106
|
99.81
|
73
|
|
5. | Asthma |
30.93
|
6
|
9.68
|
66
|
|
6. | Liver Disease |
30.02
|
57
|
43.20
|
16
|
|
7. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
29.68
|
51
|
60.66
|
25
|
|
8. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
29.37
|
86
|
79.50
|
43
|
|
9. | Kidney Disease |
21.28
|
103
|
23.88
|
86
|
|
10. | Road Traffic Accidents |
20.65
|
72
|
57.15
|
3
|
|
11. | Lung Cancers |
18.16
|
65
|
1.92
|
173
|
|
12. | Diabetes Mellitus |
16.12
|
117
|
36.03
|
73
|
|
13. | Falls |
15.55
|
5
|
8.32
|
43
|
|
14. | Cervical Cancer |
15.27
|
52
|
62.51
|
2
|
|
15. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
13.60
|
145
|
19.90
|
48
|
|
16. | Hypertension |
11.58
|
122
|
32.87
|
38
|
|
17. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
11.28
|
7
|
1.88
|
74
|
|
18. | Suicide |
9.77
|
74
|
10.58
|
63
|
|
19. | Breast Cancer |
8.50
|
172
|
13.43
|
128
|
|
20. | Low Birth Weight |
8.46
|
51
|
8.83
|
48
|
|
21. | Other Injuries |
7.36
|
96
|
10.06
|
67
|
|
22. | Stomach Cancer |
6.79
|
79
|
2.55
|
167
|
|
23. | Oral Cancer |
6.52
|
23
|
3.05
|
83
|
|
24. | Birth Trauma |
6.00
|
55
|
7.34
|
47
|
|
25. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
5.77
|
137
|
2.90
|
178
|
|
26. | Drownings |
5.38
|
23
|
2.23
|
104
|
|
27. | Congenital Anomalies |
4.79
|
117
|
6.35
|
75
|
|
28. | Ovary Cancer |
4.60
|
83
|
3.33
|
134
|
|
29. | Parkinson's Disease |
4.37
|
77
|
3.95
|
97
|
|
30. | Malnutrition |
4.05
|
59
|
14.32
|
16
|
|
31. | Encephalitis |
3.79
|
4
|
0.43
|
89
|
|
32. | Epilepsy |
3.57
|
12
|
2.04
|
64
|
|
33. | Maternal Conditions |
3.56
|
54
|
12.32
|
24
|
|
34. | Lymphomas |
3.51
|
134
|
7.19
|
18
|
|
35. | HIV/AIDS |
3.15
|
91
|
99.96
|
13
|
|
36. | Leukemia |
2.61
|
139
|
0.62
|
179
|
|
37. | Violence |
2.57
|
119
|
3.12
|
112
|
|
38. | Oesophagus Cancer |
2.40
|
92
|
21.94
|
1
|
|
39. | Pancreas Cancer |
2.18
|
138
|
0.45
|
180
|
|
40. | Skin Cancers |
2.13
|
76
|
4.59
|
9
|
|
41. | Poisonings |
1.74
|
52
|
2.51
|
33
|
|
42. | Meningitis |
1.69
|
68
|
12.92
|
27
|
|
43. | Bladder Cancer |
1.62
|
119
|
4.76
|
13
|
|
44. | Pertussis |
1.48
|
54
|
1.36
|
57
|
|
45. | Liver Cancer |
1.19
|
183
|
3.24
|
158
|
|
46. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
1.16
|
144
|
3.68
|
73
|
|
47. | Endocrine Disorders |
1.14
|
171
|
2.36
|
134
|
|
48. | Inflammatory/Heart |
1.08
|
183
|
4.28
|
101
|
|
49. | Appendicitis |
1.00
|
16
|
0.90
|
23
|
|
50. | Prostate Cancer |
0.95
|
182
|
13.89
|
113
|
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
NEPAL | MALAWI | |||||
Deaths | % | Deaths | % | |||
1. | Lung Disease |
27,027
|
16.83
|
1,340
|
1.39
|
|
2. | Coronary Heart Disease |
19,677
|
12.26
|
4,929
|
5.11
|
|
3. | Tuberculosis |
16,535
|
10.30
|
2,992
|
3.10
|
|
4. | Stroke |
12,909
|
8.04
|
5,939
|
6.16
|
|
5. | Liver Disease |
6,383
|
3.98
|
3,259
|
3.38
|
|
6. | Influenza and Pneumonia |
6,237
|
3.88
|
7,739
|
8.03
|
|
7. | Diarrhoeal diseases |
6,071
|
3.78
|
5,782
|
6.00
|
|
8. | Asthma |
5,930
|
3.69
|
705
|
0.73
|
|
9. | Road Traffic Accidents |
4,654
|
2.90
|
6,221
|
6.45
|
|
10. | Kidney Disease |
4,284
|
2.67
|
1,567
|
1.63
|
|
11. | Low Birth Weight |
3,822
|
2.38
|
4,339
|
4.50
|
|
12. | Lung Cancers |
3,586
|
2.23
|
131
|
0.14
|
|
13. | Falls |
3,321
|
2.07
|
562
|
0.58
|
|
14. | Diabetes Mellitus |
2,929
|
1.82
|
2,267
|
2.35
|
|
15. | Birth Trauma |
2,676
|
1.67
|
3,563
|
3.70
|
|
16. | Suicide |
2,571
|
1.60
|
1,007
|
1.04
|
|
17. | Rheumatic Heart Disease |
2,320
|
1.44
|
154
|
0.16
|
|
18. | Hypertension |
2,092
|
1.30
|
1,797
|
1.86
|
|
19. | Alzheimers & Dementia |
2,022
|
1.26
|
782
|
0.81
|
|
20. | Cervical Cancer |
1,969
|
1.23
|
2,876
|
2.98
|
|
21. | Congenital Anomalies |
1,949
|
1.21
|
2,509
|
2.60
|
|
22. | Other Injuries |
1,655
|
1.03
|
1,266
|
1.31
|
|
23. | Drownings |
1,505
|
0.94
|
458
|
0.47
|
|
24. | Oral Cancer |
1,389
|
0.87
|
251
|
0.26
|
|
25. | Stomach Cancer |
1,379
|
0.86
|
206
|
0.21
|
|
26. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
1,167
|
0.73
|
234
|
0.24
|
|
27. | Breast Cancer |
1,038
|
0.65
|
600
|
0.62
|
|
28. | Maternal Conditions |
977
|
0.61
|
1,854
|
1.92
|
|
29. | Encephalitis |
882
|
0.55
|
48
|
0.05
|
|
30. | Epilepsy |
874
|
0.54
|
260
|
0.27
|
|
31. | Malnutrition |
845
|
0.53
|
1,499
|
1.55
|
|
32. | Lymphomas |
768
|
0.48
|
839
|
0.87
|
|
33. | Parkinson's Disease |
760
|
0.47
|
200
|
0.21
|
|
34. | HIV/AIDS |
737
|
0.46
|
12,839
|
13.32
|
|
35. | Violence |
704
|
0.44
|
406
|
0.42
|
|
36. | Leukemia |
668
|
0.42
|
82
|
0.09
|
|
37. | Ovary Cancer |
585
|
0.36
|
158
|
0.16
|
|
38. | Oesophagus Cancer |
491
|
0.31
|
1,842
|
1.91
|
|
39. | Poisonings |
474
|
0.30
|
325
|
0.34
|
|
40. | Pertussis |
453
|
0.28
|
436
|
0.45
|
|
41. | Pancreas Cancer |
445
|
0.28
|
38
|
0.04
|
|
42. | Skin Cancers |
400
|
0.25
|
331
|
0.34
|
|
43. | Meningitis |
377
|
0.23
|
1,792
|
1.86
|
|
44. | Bladder Cancer |
325
|
0.20
|
388
|
0.40
|
|
45. | Endocrine Disorders |
257
|
0.16
|
257
|
0.27
|
|
46. | Liver Cancer |
256
|
0.16
|
317
|
0.33
|
|
47. | Appendicitis |
220
|
0.14
|
94
|
0.10
|
|
48. | Inflammatory/Heart |
217
|
0.14
|
370
|
0.38
|
|
49. | Peptic Ulcer Disease |
191
|
0.12
|
280
|
0.29
|
|
50. | Fires |
184
|
0.11
|
380
|
0.39
|
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
POOR
NEPAL | MALAWI | |||||
Rate | World Rank | Rate | World Rank | |||
1. | Lung Cancers |
18.16
|
65
|
1.92
|
173
|
|
2. | Cervical Cancer |
15.27
|
52
|
62.51
|
2
|
|
3. | Breast Cancer |
8.50
|
172
|
13.43
|
128
|
|
4. | Stomach Cancer |
6.79
|
79
|
2.55
|
167
|
|
5. | Oral Cancer |
6.52
|
23
|
3.05
|
83
|
|
6. | Colon-Rectum Cancers |
5.77
|
137
|
2.90
|
178
|
|
7. | Ovary Cancer |
4.60
|
83
|
3.33
|
134
|
|
8. | Lymphomas |
3.51
|
134
|
7.19
|
18
|
|
9. | Leukemia |
2.61
|
139
|
0.62
|
179
|
|
10. | Oesophagus Cancer |
2.40
|
92
|
21.94
|
1
|
|
11. | Pancreas Cancer |
2.18
|
138
|
0.45
|
180
|
|
12. | Skin Cancers |
2.13
|
76
|
4.59
|
9
|
|
13. | Bladder Cancer |
1.62
|
119
|
4.76
|
13
|
|
14. | Liver Cancer |
1.19
|
183
|
3.24
|
158
|
|
15. | Prostate Cancer |
0.95
|
182
|
13.89
|
113
|
|
16. | Uterin Cancer |
0.48
|
176
|
0.51
|
175
|
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
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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.