Health in Malawi 1,183 indicators covering health for Malawi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Deaths from substance disorders who 354.4 2021 up 73.3% 70th Death rates substance disorders who 1.77 2021 up 31.9% 84th Death rates alcohol drug overdoses by age who 0 2021 — 15th Deaths alcohol drugs by sex who 85.67 2021 up 42.8% 59th Dengue fever deaths 8.68 2021 up 75.0% 21st Death rate from cardiovascular disease age standardized ghe 290.21 2021 up 19.2% 67th Deaths from cardiovascular disease type 239.67 2021 up 15.9% 61st Death rate from rheumatic heart disease who ghe age standardized 3.04 2021 up 3.8% 44th Death rate from hypertensive heart disease who ghe age standardized 41.56 2021 up 26.7% 26th Death rate from ischaemic heart disease who ghe age standardized 80.5 2021 up 19.1% 122nd Deaths from cardiovascular diseases by region 20,606 2021 up 25.2% 88th Total disease burden who 8.43 million 2021 down 10.8% 61st Burden of disease who 42,408 2021 down 32.1% 52nd Rate of disease burden from drug use disorders who 65.15 2021 up 25.3% 148th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 81.7% 2023 up 4.6% 4th Male female ratio suicides rates 4.69 2021 down 8.2% 44th Number of people notified with new episode of TB in a given year 14,594 2021 down 30.0% 44th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are cl 3,082 2021 down 53.4% 44th Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who have e 4,682 2021 down 7.8% 29th Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT 96.0% 2024 up 43.3% 15th Share of women who are smoking 3 2022 down 53.8% 114th Comparing the share of men and women who are smoking 16.2 2022 down 34.9% 136th Share of men who are smoking 16.2 2022 down 34.9% 136th Adults smoking 2007 2018 9.6 2022 down 38.9% 141st Cases started on MDR-TB treatment 179 2024 up 179.7% 52nd Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 55.6% 2023 up 16.6% 2nd Share healthy diet unaffordable 91.5 2024 up 8.9% 3rd Number of people diagnosed with new episode of pulmonary TB who are ba 6,621 2021 down 5.5% 51st Raised fasting blood glucose (>=7.0 mmol/L) 6.3 2014 up 26.0% 157th Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 4.83 2014 down 3.1% 173rd Raised fasting blood glucose (>= 7.0 mmol/L) 4.3 2014 up 22.9% 175th Reported number of people requiring interventions against NTDs 11.23 million 2024 up 1.4% 22nd Child deaths from streptococcus by disease 219 2015 up 5.3% 20th Births attended by skilled health personnel 96.3% 2024 up 10.7% 111th Percentage of total deaths due to NCDs overall and percentage of total 49.01 2019 down 26.8% 31st Number of new leprosy cases 341 2024 up 25.4% 22nd Pharmacists 0.08 2024 down 27.3% 157th Low birth weight prevalence 15.6% 2020 down 1.3% 26th Inactivated first-dose polio vaccine (IPV1) immunization coverage amon 87.0% 2025 — 131st Low birth weight number 100.3 2020 up 5.4% 25th Number of new hivaids infections who 12,000 2024 down 73.3% 18th Number of current cigarette smokers, estimate 635,000 2030 unchanged 91st Incidence of malaria 294.53 per 1,000 population at risk 2024 up 7.1% 9th Reported number of children receiving antiretroviral therapy 28,195 2025 down 21.4% 9th Concentrations of fine particulate matter 16.64 2023 up 6.1% 101st Death rate road traffic injuries 33.4 2019 up 9.2% 13th New or unknown treatment history cases: Pulmonary, bacteriologically c 7,754 2023 up 13.7% 49th Cholera case fatality rate 0 2021 down 100.0% 37th Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 67.35 2023 up 10.7% 189th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence 4.1% 2030 down 28.1% 148th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence (%) 5.2% 2030 down 30.7% 141st Tb patients tested positive for hiv 6,467 2021 down 37.5% 14th Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 1,587 2019 down 6.4% 36th Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 55.1% 2019 down 16.4% 30th Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of d 13,442 2019 up 32.7% 72nd Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.3% 2024 down 40.0% 71st Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 107 2019 up 4.9% 161st Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 680 2024 up 1.5% 44th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 33.4 per 100,000 population 2019 up 8.1% 13th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 15.4 per 100,000 female population 2019 up 6.2% 33rd ← Previous Page 14 of 20 Next →