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HEALTH PROFILE: Cameroon

Data Sources: WHO, CDC, World Bank, UN.
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Cameroon CAMEROON POPULATION PYRAMID
50,573,036
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Cameroon
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
Cameroon CAMEROON LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
Cameroon CAMEROON TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
2. Stroke
118.87
44
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
11. Malaria
34.53
28
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
18. Suicide
15.92
25
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
20. Asthma
14.72
40
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
25. Falls
10.66
18
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
31. Violence
6.68
73
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
38. Fires
4.38
18
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
42. Drownings
3.78
50
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
49. War
2.54
11
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
Cameroon CAMEROON TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
  Deaths %
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
36. Fires
908
0.51
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
42. War
643
0.36
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
Cameroon CAMEROON CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
  Rate World Rank
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
Cameroon CAMEROON HEALTH RISK FACTORS
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
9.6
33
SMOKING %
M F Rank
10.2
1.1
157
146
OBESITY %
M F Rank
7.7
18.9
145
131
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
4.87
98
Cameroon CAMEROON LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
Cameroon CAMEROON DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
  Value World Rank
Population Total
30.966m
51
Sex Ratio M / F
0.99
92
Population 0-14
41.5%
14
Population 15-64
55.3%
178
Population 65 +
3.2%
171
Birth Rate / 1000
34.70
13
Death Rate / 1000
7.40
86
Fertility Rate
4.44
16
Infant Mortality
46.10
23
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
152
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.02
151
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.98
126
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.87
48
Net Migration
-0.30
98
Population Growth
2.71%
14
Literacy Total
77.1%
135
Literacy Male
82.6%
121
Literacy Female
71.6%
121
Unemployment
3.7%
125
Life Expectancy / Birth
62.4
169
Healthy Life Expectancy
54.5
165
GDP per Capita USD
$4,900
151

COVID-19 REPORT

  CASES    DEATHS 
125,379
1,974
4/1/24
Cameroon COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

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

 
 
Cameroon COVID-19 CASE CHART
CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
Cameroon 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.