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Cameroon
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Cameroon and Bosnia and Herzegovina health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
COUNTRY #2
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
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Cameroon Population Pyramid
50,573,036
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina Population Pyramid
2,685,037
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Bosnia and Herzegovina BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Bosnia and Herzegovina BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
 
58.8
62.1
60.4
60
60
61
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
 
64.2
68.4
66.2
53
53
54
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
 
67.7
72.9
70.2
38
49
44
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
 
69.4
74.9
72.1
42
52
43
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
 
71.8
77.2
74.6
40
42
39
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
 
73.9
78.8
76.4
39
44
39
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
 
74.4
79.1
76.8
55
63
55
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Bosnia and Herzegovina BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
74.4
79.1
55
63
Age
60.3
64.5
168
168
74.4
79.1
55
63
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
74.9
79.5
59
68
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
74.9
79.6
59
68
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
75.0
79.6
59
68
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
75.1
79.7
59
68
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
75.3
79.7
60
70
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
75.5
79.8
66
70
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
75.7
79.9
69
70
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
75.9
80.0
73
71
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
76.2
80.2
76
73
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
76.7
80.5
77
77
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
77.5
81.0
80
83
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
78.6
81.6
80
85
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
80.0
82.4
81
90
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
81.8
83.4
85
96
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
84.0
85.0
85
99
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
86.7
87.2
89
100
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
89.9
90.0
84
129
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Bosnia and Herzegovina BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
139.28
59
2. Stroke
118.87
44
116.43
53
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
7.26
173
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
0.00
167
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
35.85
74
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
0.21
174
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
10.63
140
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
1.60
113
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
10.79
123
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
10.43
124
11. Malaria
34.53
28
0.00
87
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
14.89
103
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
17.20
125
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
16.42
97
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
5.07
126
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
8.10
142
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
17.10
105
18. Suicide
15.92
25
8.25
94
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
3.47
162
20. Asthma
14.72
40
0.88
138
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
0.25
150
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
0.08
151
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
0.76
136
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
2.63
132
25. Falls
10.66
18
4.57
112
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
3.60
143
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
1.01
175
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
13.63
13
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
7.48
52
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
4.87
55
31. Violence
6.68
73
1.20
145
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
1.84
120
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
2.48
103
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
15.73
22
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
0.04
167
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
0.64
148
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
0.13
102
38. Fires
4.38
18
1.09
108
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
8.53
56
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
1.43
106
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
5.67
42
42. Drownings
3.78
50
1.19
139
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
7.33
35
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
3.02
147
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
0.33
156
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
0.31
122
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
33.87
7
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
0.58
146
49. War
2.54
11
0.01
160
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
0.00
92
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Bosnia and Herzegovina BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
440
1.28
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
8
0.02
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
0
0.00
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
7,871
22.89
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
9,201
26.76
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
14
0.04
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
48
0.14
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
446
1.30
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
93
0.27
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
2,406
7.00
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
69
0.20
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
689
2.00
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
613
1.78
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
10
0.03
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
157
0.46
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
2
0.01
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
53
0.15
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
361
1.05
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
1,163
3.38
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
2
0.01
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
546
1.59
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
528
1.54
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
49
0.14
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
60
0.17
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
132
0.38
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
267
0.78
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
2
0.01
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
48
0.14
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
1
0.00
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
1,144
3.33
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
5
0.01
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
874
2.54
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
413
1.20
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
25
0.07
36. Fires
908
0.51
54
0.16
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
480
1.40
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
60
0.17
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
146
0.42
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
121
0.35
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
13
0.04
42. War
643
0.36
0
0.00
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
998
2.90
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
184
0.54
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
532
1.55
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
341
0.99
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
3
0.01
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
21
0.06
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
36
0.10
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
182
0.53
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Bosnia and Herzegovina BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
14.89
103
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
16.42
97
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
5.07
126
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
7.48
52
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
2.48
103
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
15.73
22
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
8.53
56
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
5.67
42
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
7.33
35
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
3.02
147
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
33.87
7
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
2.26
67
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
3.20
114
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
1.83
116
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
2.87
67
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
3.47
43
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.