Malta – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Malta
MALTA- A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 410,584
Female percentage of population (2007): 50.32%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 16.7% |
| Ages 15-24 | 14.2% |
| Ages 25-49 | 34.6% |
| Ages 50-64 | 20.6% |
| Ages 65-79 | 10.8% |
| Age 80 and older | 3.0% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2004) :
- Female: 17.28%
- Male: 18.60%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2004):
- Female: 15.1%
- Male: 11.2%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 81.9 years female
- 77.0 years male
Caesarean sections per 1000 live births (2006): 342.53
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births (2005): 8
Percentage using contraception: no data
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 36.9%
- Male: 74.2%
Female employment rate:
- 2007 : no data
- 1997: no data
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 7.6%
- Male: 5.8%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees: no data
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 26.8%
Marriage rate (2007): 6.06 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 0 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (2005):
- – Female: 10
- – Male: 15
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2005):
- – Female: 119.9
- – Male: 183.4
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 1.98
- – Death: 2.68
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2004):
- – Incidence: 109.67
- – Death: 24.21
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2005):
- – Stomach: 4
- – Colorectal: 13
- – Lung: 9
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 36.2
- Male: 51.5
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 6.5
- Male: 43.9
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 9.15
- Male: 56.02
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week: no data
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita (2003): 14.6
Number of cigarettes per person per year (1983): 2229.65
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- Female:79.3%
- Male: 67.5%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 17.6%
- Male: 29.9%
Percentage overweight (1984):
- Female: 32% female
- Male: 46%
Percentage obese (1984):
- Female:35%
- Male: 22%
Low Energy Expenditure: no data
MOBILITY DISORDERS
In progress
MENTAL HEALTH
In progress
SEXUAL HEALTH
In progress
CHRONIC DISABLING DISORDERS
In progress
HEALTHCARE
In progress
This resource has been compiled from a range of information to assist researchers by having a facility with all the necessary basic information in regard to health information in Europe and individual member countries.
This reseource has been assembled from information and data gathered from: Eurostat, WHO Europe Office and other sources.