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Cameroon
COUNTRY #1
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CAMEROON VS SAMOA

Compare Cameroon and Samoa 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.

Samoa
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%
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Samoa Population Pyramid
267,390
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   Samoa SAMOA
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Samoa SAMOA
       
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
  
47.0
53.6
50.2
101
89
95
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
  
52.0
58.6
55.2
105
91
96
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
  
57.0
63.6
60.2
112
95
104
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
  
62.1
68.7
65.3
110
100
109
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
  
67.2
73.7
70.2
92
81
92
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
  
69.6
76.1
72.6
93
84
92
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
  
69.2
71.8
70.5
111
124
118
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Samoa SAMOA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age
60.3
64.5
168
168
69.2
71.8
111
124
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
70.1
72.6
121
135
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
70.2
72.7
122
137
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
70.3
72.8
124
139
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
70.6
73.0
123
139
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
71.1
73.3
122
140
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
71.6
73.6
120
141
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
72.2
73.9
121
144
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
72.8
74.4
120
147
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
73.6
75.1
116
148
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
74.6
75.9
111
149
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
75.8
77.0
108
149
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
77.4
78.3
105
149
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
79.2
79.9
101
147
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
81.4
81.8
99
142
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
83.8
84.1
92
141
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
86.6
86.7
93
142
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
89.8
89.8
99
152
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Samoa SAMOA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
189.77
33
2. Stroke
118.87
44
118.02
45
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
39.32
68
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
0.00
177
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
82.64
13
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
8.39
70
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
39.81
23
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
1.05
126
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
15.42
93
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
18.98
94
11. Malaria
34.53
28
0.00
158
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
24.32
48
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
47.54
19
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
26.40
20
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
7.89
94
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
23.76
63
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
19.13
68
18. Suicide
15.92
25
14.60
30
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
8.08
85
20. Asthma
14.72
40
17.01
29
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
1.21
73
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
3.11
57
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
1.25
111
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
3.59
116
25. Falls
10.66
18
6.17
83
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
5.11
112
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
4.28
81
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
5.15
83
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
4.91
99
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
6.72
14
31. Violence
6.68
73
3.39
108
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
6.92
34
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
3.32
75
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
8.66
93
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
2.76
74
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
0.42
168
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
0.10
105
38. Fires
4.38
18
1.12
107
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
12.23
20
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
1.39
109
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
14.84
1
42. Drownings
3.78
50
7.42
11
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
2.68
124
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
3.94
122
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
2.65
34
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
0.47
100
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
21.56
44
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
7.61
14
49. War
2.54
11
0.01
124
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
0.00
161
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Samoa SAMOA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
53
4.74
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
12
1.07
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
0
0.00
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
148
13.24
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
241
21.56
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
5
0.45
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
16
1.43
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
26
2.33
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
2
0.18
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
108
9.66
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
18
1.61
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
52
4.65
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
27
2.42
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
2
0.18
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
13
1.16
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
5
0.45
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
6
0.54
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
25
2.24
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
57
5.10
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
0
0.00
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
30
2.68
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
19
1.70
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
6
0.54
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
21
1.88
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
6
0.54
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
8
0.72
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
3
0.27
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
13
1.16
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
2
0.18
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
19
1.70
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
16
1.43
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
7
0.63
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
11
0.98
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
1
0.09
36. Fires
908
0.51
2
0.18
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
7
0.63
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
2
0.18
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
4
0.36
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
9
0.81
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
1
0.09
42. War
643
0.36
0
0.00
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
12
1.07
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
6
0.54
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
16
1.43
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
7
0.63
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
0
0.00
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
3
0.27
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
11
0.98
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
10
0.89
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Samoa SAMOA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
24.32
48
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
26.40
20
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
7.89
94
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
4.91
99
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
3.32
75
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
8.66
93
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
12.23
20
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
14.84
1
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
2.68
124
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
3.94
122
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
21.56
44
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
1.24
130
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
2.10
150
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
0.72
172
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
7.58
4
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
3.56
38
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.