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Cameroon
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Cameroon and Singapore 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.

Singapore
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%
Singapore Population Pyramid
6,407,528
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   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Singapore SINGAPORE
       
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
 
61.7
65.7
63.7
47
50
45
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
 
65.4
70.2
67.7
45
45
44
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
 
68.9
74.2
71.5
33
36
29
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
 
71.9
76.9
74.3
28
30
30
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
 
75.9
80.9
78.3
11
17
13
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
 
79.2
84.7
82.0
8
3
3
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
 
81.0
85.5
83.2
6
4
4
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Singapore SINGAPORE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
81.0
85.5
6
4
Age
60.3
64.5
168
168
81.0
85.5
6
4
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
81.3
85.6
6
4
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
81.4
85.8
6
4
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
81.5
85.8
6
4
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
81.7
85.9
6
4
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
81.9
86.0
5
4
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
82.1
86.1
5
4
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
82.4
86.3
5
4
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
82.7
86.5
4
4
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
83.2
86.8
4
4
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
83.8
87.2
5
4
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
84.7
87.8
6
5
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
85.8
88.5
8
6
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
87.2
89.4
8
4
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
89.2
90.8
4
3
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
91.7
92.6
3
4
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Singapore SINGAPORE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
60.68
149
2. Stroke
118.87
44
18.41
175
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
61.08
56
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
0.20
145
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
1.28
183
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
0.34
168
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
12.04
135
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
0.34
146
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
1.69
181
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
2.40
180
11. Malaria
34.53
28
0.00
162
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
8.49
138
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
4.45
183
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
13.37
129
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
1.97
167
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
8.44
138
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
0.43
183
18. Suicide
15.92
25
9.65
75
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
1.03
183
20. Asthma
14.72
40
0.45
167
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
0.10
179
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
0.06
167
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
0.07
183
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
0.65
176
25. Falls
10.66
18
2.93
153
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
1.92
178
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
0.49
182
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
2.67
148
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
8.32
46
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
1.09
174
31. Violence
6.68
73
0.22
182
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
0.78
161
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
3.49
71
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
13.72
36
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
0.00
181
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
0.26
178
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
0.00
155
38. Fires
4.38
18
0.09
182
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
4.80
117
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
0.42
180
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
4.49
89
42. Drownings
3.78
50
0.44
175
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
6.08
55
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
4.76
87
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
1.60
93
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
0.02
181
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
17.56
69
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
0.28
173
49. War
2.54
11
0.03
83
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
0.00
164
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
5,189
21.83
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
18
0.08
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
28
0.12
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
0
0.00
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
1,559
6.56
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
5,292
22.26
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
3
0.01
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
25
0.11
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
121
0.51
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
26
0.11
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
108
0.45
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
80
0.34
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
1,028
4.32
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
209
0.88
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
8
0.03
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
79
0.33
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
3
0.01
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
30
0.13
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
650
2.73
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
383
1.61
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
0
0.00
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
732
3.08
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
605
2.55
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
15
0.06
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
37
0.16
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
85
0.36
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
218
0.92
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
0
0.00
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
29
0.12
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
0
0.00
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
32
0.13
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
0
0.00
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
215
0.90
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
303
1.27
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
19
0.08
36. Fires
908
0.51
7
0.03
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
746
3.14
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
25
0.11
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
317
1.33
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
69
0.29
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
1
0.00
42. War
643
0.36
2
0.01
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
1,203
5.06
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
397
1.67
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
405
1.70
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
90
0.38
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
4
0.02
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
136
0.57
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
22
0.09
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
204
0.86
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
8.49
138
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
13.37
129
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
1.97
167
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
8.32
46
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
3.49
71
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
13.72
36
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
4.80
117
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
4.49
89
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
6.08
55
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
4.76
87
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
17.56
69
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
0.71
150
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
3.16
115
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
1.56
122
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
3.27
42
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
1.40
133
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.