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HEALTH PROFILE: Malawi

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Malawi MALAWI POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    Malawi
    COUNTRY PROFILE
    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
    Malawi MALAWI LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    62.3
    68.9
    153
    138
    Age 5
    65.3
    71.6
    165
    142
    Age 10
    65.8
    72.1
    165
    143
    Age 15
    66.1
    72.3
    165
    143
    Age 20
    66.5
    72.6
    165
    143
    Age 25
    67.0
    73.0
    165
    143
    Age 30
    67.6
    73.4
    165
    142
    Age 35
    68.3
    74.0
    166
    142
    Age 40
    69.1
    74.8
    167
    142
    Age 45
    70.2
    75.6
    167
    140
    Age 50
    71.6
    76.6
    166
    141
    Age 55
    73.3
    77.8
    166
    132
    Age 60
    75.1
    79.0
    164
    128
    Age 65
    77.3
    80.5
    164
    120
    Age 70
    79.8
    82.3
    162
    116
    Age 75
    82.7
    84.5
    158
    107
    Age 80
    85.9
    87.2
    153
    102
    Age 85
    89.4
    90.3
    141
    97
    Malawi MALAWI TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. HIV/AIDS
    99.96
    13
    2. Stroke
    99.81
    73
    3. Coronary Heart Disease
    82.36
    130
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    79.50
    43
    5. Cervical Cancer
    62.51
    2
    6. Diarrhoeal diseases
    60.66
    25
    7. Road Traffic Accidents
    57.15
    3
    8. Malaria
    45.12
    17
    9. Liver Disease
    43.20
    16
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    36.03
    73
    11. Hypertension
    32.87
    38
    12. Kidney Disease
    23.88
    86
    13. Tuberculosis
    23.26
    47
    14. Lung Disease
    23.06
    86
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    21.94
    1
    16. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.90
    48
    17. Malnutrition
    14.32
    16
    18. Prostate Cancer
    13.89
    113
    19. Breast Cancer
    13.43
    128
    20. Meningitis
    12.92
    27
    21. Maternal Conditions
    12.32
    24
    22. Suicide
    10.58
    63
    23. Other Injuries
    10.06
    67
    24. Asthma
    9.68
    66
    25. Low Birth Weight
    8.83
    48
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Falls
    8.32
    43
    27. Birth Trauma
    7.34
    47
    28. Lymphomas
    7.19
    18
    29. Congenital Anomalies
    6.35
    75
    30. Bladder Cancer
    4.76
    13
    31. Skin Cancers
    4.59
    9
    32. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.28
    101
    33. Parkinson's Disease
    3.95
    97
    34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    3.68
    73
    35. Ovary Cancer
    3.33
    134
    36. Liver Cancer
    3.24
    158
    37. Violence
    3.12
    112
    38. Oral Cancer
    3.05
    83
    39. Fires
    2.94
    51
    40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    2.90
    178
    41. Stomach Cancer
    2.55
    167
    42. Poisonings
    2.51
    33
    43. Endocrine Disorders
    2.36
    134
    44. Drownings
    2.23
    104
    45. Epilepsy
    2.04
    64
    46. Lung Cancers
    1.92
    173
    47. Schistosomiasis
    1.91
    22
    48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.88
    74
    49. Alcohol
    1.46
    86
    50. Syphilis
    1.38
    24
    Malawi MALAWI TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. HIV/AIDS
    12,839
    13.32
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    7,739
    8.03
    3. Malaria
    6,308
    6.54
    4. Road Traffic Accidents
    6,221
    6.45
    5. Stroke
    5,939
    6.16
    6. Diarrhoeal diseases
    5,782
    6.00
    7. Coronary Heart Disease
    4,929
    5.11
    8. Low Birth Weight
    4,339
    4.50
    9. Birth Trauma
    3,563
    3.70
    10. Liver Disease
    3,259
    3.38
    11. Tuberculosis
    2,992
    3.10
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2,876
    2.98
    13. Congenital Anomalies
    2,509
    2.60
    14. Diabetes Mellitus
    2,267
    2.35
    15. Maternal Conditions
    1,854
    1.92
    16. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,842
    1.91
    17. Hypertension
    1,797
    1.86
    18. Meningitis
    1,792
    1.86
    19. Kidney Disease
    1,567
    1.63
    20. Malnutrition
    1,499
    1.55
    21. Lung Disease
    1,340
    1.39
    22. Other Injuries
    1,266
    1.31
    23. Suicide
    1,007
    1.04
    24. Lymphomas
    839
    0.87
    25. Alzheimers & Dementia
    782
    0.81
      Deaths %
    26. Asthma
    705
    0.73
    27. Breast Cancer
    600
    0.62
    28. Falls
    562
    0.58
    29. Syphilis
    480
    0.50
    30. Drownings
    458
    0.47
    31. Pertussis
    436
    0.45
    32. Violence
    406
    0.42
    33. Bladder Cancer
    388
    0.40
    34. Fires
    380
    0.39
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    370
    0.38
    36. Skin Cancers
    331
    0.34
    37. Poisonings
    325
    0.34
    38. Liver Cancer
    317
    0.33
    39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    280
    0.29
    40. Prostate Cancer
    271
    0.28
    41. Epilepsy
    260
    0.27
    42. Endocrine Disorders
    257
    0.27
    43. Oral Cancer
    251
    0.26
    44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    234
    0.24
    45. Stomach Cancer
    206
    0.21
    46. Parkinson's Disease
    200
    0.21
    47. Tetanus
    178
    0.18
    48. Ovary Cancer
    158
    0.16
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    154
    0.16
    50. Schistosomiasis
    143
    0.15
    Malawi MALAWI CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Cervical Cancer
    62.51
    2
    2. Oesophagus Cancer
    21.94
    1
    3. Prostate Cancer
    13.89
    113
    4. Breast Cancer
    13.43
    128
    5. Lymphomas
    7.19
    18
    6. Bladder Cancer
    4.76
    13
    7. Skin Cancers
    4.59
    9
    8. Ovary Cancer
    3.33
    134
      Rate World Rank
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.24
    158
    10. Oral Cancer
    3.05
    83
    11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    2.90
    178
    12. Stomach Cancer
    2.55
    167
    13. Lung Cancers
    1.92
    173
    14. Leukemia
    0.62
    179
    15. Uterin Cancer
    0.51
    175
    16. Pancreas Cancer
    0.45
    180
    Malawi MALAWI HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    4.1
    114
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    14.4
    2.4
    140
    120
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    2.2
    9.1
    183
    163
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    3.75
    131
    Malawi MALAWI LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    37.4
    38.5
    37.9
    153
    155
    157
    1970
    40.1
    41.6
    40.8
    161
    161
    160
    1980
    43.9
    45.8
    44.8
    159
    162
    160
    1990
    47.3
    50.0
    48.6
    164
    166
    164
    2000
    42.6
    43.6
    43.1
    180
    182
    182
    2010
    51.7
    54.0
    52.9
    172
    174
    173
    2019
    62.3
    68.9
    65.6
    153
    138
    143
    Malawi MALAWI DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    20.309m
    61
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.98
    98
    Population 0-14
    45.9%
    7
    Population 15-64
    51.5%
    187
    Population 65 +
    2.7%
    182
    Birth Rate / 1000
    27.94
    38
    Death Rate / 1000
    4.58
    172
    Fertility Rate
    3.51
    38
    Infant Mortality
    34.19
    48
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.02
    185
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    0.99
    190
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    0.98
    129
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.78
    109
    Net Migration
    0.00
    62
    Population Growth
    2.39%
    25
    Literacy Total
    62.1%
    152
    Literacy Male
    69.8%
    137
    Literacy Female
    55.2%
    135
    Unemployment
    20.4%
    24
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    65.6
    143
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    57.1
    147
    GDP per Capita USD
    $1,500
    184

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    89,535
    2,686
    4/1/24
    Malawi COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Malawi causes.

     
     
    Malawi COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Malawi COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    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.