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Cameroon
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Cameroon and Syria 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.

Syria
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
15,513,944
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%
Syria Population Pyramid
16,410,847
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   Syria SYRIA
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Syria SYRIA
       
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
 
48.2
51.0
49.6
97
97
97
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
 
54.3
57.6
55.9
94
94
94
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
 
61.5
65.1
63.3
83
88
86
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
 
66.7
70.3
68.4
64
92
82
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
 
70.5
74.9
72.6
50
67
57
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
 
71.9
75.5
73.7
60
89
76
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
 
71.2
74.3
72.7
87
110
105
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Syria SYRIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
71.2
74.3
87
110
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
73.0
75.9
84
109
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
73.4
76.2
82
107
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
73.8
76.4
73
106
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
74.0
76.6
74
106
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
74.3
76.7
75
106
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
74.5
76.9
75
106
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
74.8
77.1
78
107
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
75.1
77.3
80
108
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
75.5
77.6
82
108
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
76.1
78.0
82
108
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
77.0
78.5
83
111
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
78.2
79.3
84
116
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
79.9
80.4
82
130
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
81.8
81.8
82
143
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
84.0
83.5
83
164
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
86.6
85.6
99
175
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
89.5
88.2
126
180
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Syria SYRIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
279.54
12
2. Stroke
118.87
44
79.31
95
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
21.72
107
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
0.09
159
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
15.00
124
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
10.38
67
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
22.22
96
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
0.19
163
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
16.75
87
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
15.66
104
11. Malaria
34.53
28
0.00
170
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
9.82
134
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
16.00
132
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
31.59
9
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
3.07
144
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
7.33
147
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
17.14
102
18. Suicide
15.92
25
2.11
177
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
3.62
158
20. Asthma
14.72
40
9.65
67
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
1.74
66
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
0.58
105
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
2.40
87
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
5.18
86
25. Falls
10.66
18
3.00
148
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
8.06
30
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
2.96
114
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
2.72
146
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
3.43
154
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
3.99
96
31. Violence
6.68
73
2.84
116
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
0.75
162
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
2.45
106
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
11.27
58
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
0.53
113
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
1.89
51
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
1.35
58
38. Fires
4.38
18
1.16
103
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
6.43
84
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
0.59
170
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
5.40
55
42. Drownings
3.78
50
1.21
137
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
3.71
92
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
7.40
15
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
0.07
181
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
0.66
83
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
18.90
59
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
1.52
92
49. War
2.54
11
68.78
2
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
0.10
55
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Syria SYRIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
2,958
3.58
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
15
0.02
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
2,156
2.61
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
0
0.00
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
8,088
9.80
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
28,203
34.16
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
744
0.90
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
1,652
2.00
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
2,550
3.09
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
23
0.03
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
1,534
1.86
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
2,077
2.52
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
2,329
2.82
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
1,720
2.08
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
295
0.36
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
521
0.63
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
105
0.13
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
418
0.51
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
333
0.40
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
1,601
1.94
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
289
0.35
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
707
0.86
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
1,953
2.37
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
444
0.54
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
1,052
1.27
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
188
0.23
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
383
0.46
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
73
0.09
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
215
0.26
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
31
0.04
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
1,551
1.88
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
0
0.00
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
337
0.41
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
404
0.49
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
249
0.30
36. Fires
908
0.51
179
0.22
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
366
0.44
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
92
0.11
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
289
0.35
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
79
0.10
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
98
0.12
42. War
643
0.36
7,760
9.40
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
1,224
1.48
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
827
1.00
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
725
0.88
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
367
0.44
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
5
0.01
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
8
0.01
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
197
0.24
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
328
0.40
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Syria SYRIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
9.82
134
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
31.59
9
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
3.07
144
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
3.43
154
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
2.45
106
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
11.27
58
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
6.43
84
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
5.40
55
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
3.71
92
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
7.40
15
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
18.90
59
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
2.74
41
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
6.15
5
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
0.88
163
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
2.56
79
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
7.53
3
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.