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United Kingdom
COUNTRY #1
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Compare United Kingdom 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.

Malawi
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
United Kingdom Population Pyramid
74,081,983
Malawi Population Pyramid
38,142,971
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Malawi MALAWI
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Malawi MALAWI
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
 
37.4
38.5
37.9
153
155
157
1970
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
 
40.1
41.6
40.8
161
161
160
1980
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
 
43.9
45.8
44.8
159
162
160
1990
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
16
16
 
47.3
50.0
48.6
164
166
164
2000
75.3
80.1
77.8
18
23
20
 
42.6
43.6
43.1
180
182
182
2010
78.1
82.2
80.2
15
26
21
 
51.7
54.0
52.9
172
174
173
2019
79.8
83.0
81.4
19
31
25
 
62.3
68.9
65.6
153
138
143
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Malawi MALAWI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
83.0
19
31
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age
79.8
83.0
19
31
62.3
68.9
153
138
Age 5
80.2
83.3
19
30
65.3
71.6
165
142
Age 10
80.2
83.3
19
30
65.8
72.1
165
143
Age 15
80.2
83.4
19
30
66.1
72.3
165
143
Age 20
80.3
83.4
20
31
66.5
72.6
165
143
Age 25
80.4
83.5
21
31
67.0
73.0
165
143
Age 30
80.6
83.6
22
31
67.6
73.4
165
142
Age 35
80.8
83.7
23
31
68.3
74.0
166
142
Age 40
81.0
83.8
22
31
69.1
74.8
167
142
Age 45
81.3
84.0
21
30
70.2
75.6
167
140
Age 50
81.8
84.3
21
30
71.6
76.6
166
141
Age 55
82.3
84.7
22
31
73.3
77.8
166
132
Age 60
83.0
85.2
21
31
75.1
79.0
164
128
Age 65
83.9
85.9
18
31
77.3
80.5
164
120
Age 70
85.0
86.8
20
31
79.8
82.3
162
116
Age 75
86.5
87.9
22
31
82.7
84.5
158
107
Age 80
88.4
89.4
21
32
85.9
87.2
153
102
Age 85
90.7
91.3
40
40
89.4
90.3
141
97
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Malawi MALAWI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
43.08
168
82.36
130
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
42.70
2
19.90
48
3. Lung Cancers
24.68
29
1.92
173
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
20.37
114
79.50
43
5. Stroke
20.17
169
99.81
73
6. Lung Disease
19.80
107
23.06
86
7. Breast Cancer
17.64
82
13.43
128
8. Prostate Cancer
16.66
82
13.89
113
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.09
50
2.90
178
10. Liver Disease
7.90
142
43.20
16
11. Suicide
6.88
116
10.58
63
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.20
52
0.45
180
13. Lymphomas
6.17
37
7.19
18
14. Oesophagus Cancer
6.08
28
21.94
1
15. Ovary Cancer
5.61
45
3.33
134
16. Parkinson's Disease
4.31
80
3.95
97
17. Falls
4.31
120
8.32
43
18. Drug Use
4.16
16
0.57
152
19. Liver Cancer
3.64
146
3.24
158
20. Other Injuries
3.64
157
10.06
67
21. Diabetes Mellitus
3.59
178
36.03
73
22. Leukemia
3.55
93
0.62
179
23. Bladder Cancer
3.54
40
4.76
13
24. Stomach Cancer
3.32
143
2.55
167
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.07
155
6.35
75
26. Uterin Cancer
2.98
56
0.51
175
27. Hypertension
2.97
167
32.87
38
28. Kidney Disease
2.86
179
23.88
86
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
119
2.36
134
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.81
173
57.15
3
31. Skin Cancers
2.62
46
4.59
9
32. Inflammatory/Heart
2.47
151
4.28
101
33. Oral Cancer
2.46
105
3.05
83
34. Low Birth Weight
2.42
135
8.83
48
35. Other Neoplasms
2.38
45
0.27
147
36. Cervical Cancer
2.01
165
62.51
2
37. Alcohol
1.76
69
1.46
86
38. Multiple Sclerosis
1.58
1
0.10
154
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
138
3.68
73
40. Epilepsy
1.31
114
2.04
64
41. Violence
1.22
144
3.12
112
42. Skin Disease
1.20
105
1.36
100
43. Asthma
0.86
140
9.68
66
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
147
60.66
25
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.59
38
0.50
53
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.54
153
1.88
74
47. Drownings
0.40
178
2.23
104
48. Birth Trauma
0.35
168
7.34
47
49. Fires
0.32
162
2.94
51
50. Hepatitis C
0.29
38
0.19
58
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Malawi MALAWI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
98,135
19.17
782
0.81
2. Coronary Heart Disease
71,728
14.01
4,929
5.11
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
40,540
7.92
7,739
8.03
4. Stroke
37,626
7.35
5,939
6.16
5. Lung Cancers
35,715
6.98
131
0.14
6. Lung Disease
32,896
6.43
1,340
1.39
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
18,446
3.60
234
0.24
8. Prostate Cancer
13,289
2.60
271
0.28
9. Breast Cancer
12,718
2.48
600
0.62
10. Lymphomas
9,350
1.83
839
0.87
11. Pancreas Cancer
8,995
1.76
38
0.04
12. Oesophagus Cancer
8,727
1.70
1,842
1.91
13. Parkinson's Disease
8,573
1.67
200
0.21
14. Liver Disease
7,666
1.50
3,259
3.38
15. Falls
7,618
1.49
562
0.58
16. Bladder Cancer
6,133
1.20
388
0.40
17. Diabetes Mellitus
5,842
1.14
2,267
2.35
18. Kidney Disease
5,471
1.07
1,567
1.63
19. Other Injuries
5,464
1.07
1,266
1.31
20. Suicide
5,325
1.04
1,007
1.04
21. Liver Cancer
5,237
1.02
317
0.33
22. Leukemia
5,211
1.02
82
0.09
23. Hypertension
5,208
1.02
1,797
1.86
24. Stomach Cancer
4,999
0.98
206
0.21
25. Ovary Cancer
4,019
0.79
158
0.16
26. Other Neoplasms
3,986
0.78
17
0.02
27. Skin Cancers
3,727
0.73
331
0.34
28. Endocrine Disorders
3,297
0.64
257
0.27
29. Inflammatory/Heart
3,126
0.61
370
0.38
30. Oral Cancer
3,109
0.61
251
0.26
31. Drug Use
2,824
0.55
47
0.05
32. Uterin Cancer
2,346
0.46
23
0.02
33. Road Traffic Accidents
2,169
0.42
6,221
6.45
34. Skin Disease
2,134
0.42
101
0.10
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,127
0.42
2,509
2.60
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,090
0.41
280
0.29
37. Multiple Sclerosis
1,856
0.36
9
0.01
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,599
0.31
5,782
6.00
39. Alcohol
1,555
0.30
114
0.12
40. Low Birth Weight
1,313
0.26
4,339
4.50
41. Asthma
1,302
0.25
705
0.73
42. Epilepsy
1,193
0.23
260
0.27
43. Cervical Cancer
1,099
0.21
2,876
2.98
44. Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,014
0.20
29
0.03
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
876
0.17
154
0.16
46. Violence
868
0.17
406
0.42
47. Tuberculosis
351
0.07
2,992
3.10
48. Fires
334
0.07
380
0.39
49. Drownings
301
0.06
458
0.47
50. Anemia
277
0.05
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM   Malawi MALAWI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.68
29
1.92
173
2. Breast Cancer
17.64
82
13.43
128
3. Prostate Cancer
16.66
82
13.89
113
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.09
50
2.90
178
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.20
52
0.45
180
6. Lymphomas
6.17
37
7.19
18
7. Oesophagus Cancer
6.08
28
21.94
1
8. Ovary Cancer
5.61
45
3.33
134
9. Liver Cancer
3.64
146
3.24
158
10. Leukemia
3.55
93
0.62
179
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
40
4.76
13
12. Stomach Cancer
3.32
143
2.55
167
13. Uterin Cancer
2.98
56
0.51
175
14. Skin Cancers
2.62
46
4.59
9
15. Oral Cancer
2.46
105
3.05
83
16. Cervical Cancer
2.01
165
62.51
2
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.