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HEALTH PROFILE: Cameroon

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Cameroon CAMEROON POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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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 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
    5.5
    95
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    11.7
    1.2
    153
    144
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    6.1
    16.4
    133
    133
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    5.05
    97
    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
    28.524m
    51
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.99
    89
    Population 0-14
    42.3%
    17
    Population 15-64
    54.6%
    178
    Population 65 +
    3.1%
    166
    Birth Rate / 1000
    35.53
    14
    Death Rate / 1000
    7.73
    82
    Fertility Rate
    4.61
    19
    Infant Mortality
    50.09
    24
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.03
    154
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.02
    149
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    0.98
    114
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.88
    46
    Net Migration
    -0.32
    98
    Population Growth
    2.77%
    12
    Literacy Total
    77.1%
    134
    Literacy Male
    82.6%
    120
    Literacy Female
    71.6%
    119
    Unemployment
    4.3%
    135
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    62.4
    169
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    54.5
    165
    GDP per Capita USD
    $3,600
    153

    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.