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Cameroon
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Cameroon and Tunisia 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.

Tunisia
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%
Tunisia Population Pyramid
13,796,600
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   Tunisia TUNISIA
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Tunisia TUNISIA
       
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
 
48.1
49.1
48.6
98
102
99
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
 
53.7
54.7
54.2
98
107
101
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
 
61.4
63.5
62.4
84
96
91
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
 
68.6
72.1
70.3
47
78
58
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
 
70.6
75.6
72.9
49
57
51
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
 
72.5
77.3
74.8
54
63
58
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
 
74.9
79.2
77.0
50
58
53
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Tunisia TUNISIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
74.9
79.2
50
58
Age
60.3
64.5
168
168
74.9
79.2
50
58
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
76.3
80.5
45
51
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
76.4
80.6
45
51
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
76.6
80.7
45
51
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
76.7
80.8
45
51
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
77.0
80.9
44
51
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
77.2
81.0
44
52
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
77.5
81.1
45
52
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
77.8
81.3
45
52
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
78.2
81.6
45
54
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
78.6
81.9
46
54
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
79.3
82.2
48
56
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
80.2
82.8
51
59
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
81.4
83.6
55
60
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
82.9
84.7
58
62
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
84.8
86.3
64
62
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
87.1
88.2
71
66
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
90.0
90.8
79
61
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Tunisia TUNISIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
164.63
38
2. Stroke
118.87
44
68.10
105
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
15.33
133
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
2.06
104
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
14.15
131
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
1.57
113
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
20.60
106
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
1.15
123
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
16.02
91
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
10.46
123
11. Malaria
34.53
28
0.00
174
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
7.97
140
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
14.05
147
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
11.56
145
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
2.97
147
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
22.55
70
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
19.92
47
18. Suicide
15.92
25
3.18
161
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
3.06
170
20. Asthma
14.72
40
5.34
85
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
0.70
96
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
0.71
100
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
2.96
82
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
6.32
73
25. Falls
10.66
18
3.61
134
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
7.36
44
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
2.35
136
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
2.39
154
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
2.83
171
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
3.78
115
31. Violence
6.68
73
3.47
107
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
1.90
116
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
1.83
144
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
7.69
108
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
0.19
140
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
1.88
53
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
0.36
84
38. Fires
4.38
18
1.66
86
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
4.63
122
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
0.85
148
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
2.83
150
42. Drownings
3.78
50
1.06
147
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
2.82
119
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
4.90
83
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
0.33
157
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
0.67
82
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
14.42
79
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
0.99
121
49. War
2.54
11
0.21
38
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
0.06
59
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Tunisia TUNISIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
1,912
3.10
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
261
0.42
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
184
0.30
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
0
0.00
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
8,509
13.80
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
20,658
33.50
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
436
0.71
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
924
1.50
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
1,928
3.13
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
136
0.22
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
1,773
2.88
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
980
1.59
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
2,574
4.17
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
1,313
2.13
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
86
0.14
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
372
0.60
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
83
0.13
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
285
0.46
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
383
0.62
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
1,754
2.84
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
40
0.06
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
2,824
4.58
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
781
1.27
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
410
0.66
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
665
1.08
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
201
0.33
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
445
0.72
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
24
0.04
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
122
0.20
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
18
0.03
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
2,507
4.07
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
0
0.00
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
298
0.48
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
417
0.68
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
235
0.38
36. Fires
908
0.51
202
0.33
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
360
0.58
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
101
0.16
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
232
0.38
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
237
0.38
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
81
0.13
42. War
643
0.36
25
0.04
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
971
1.57
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
616
1.00
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
583
0.95
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
469
0.76
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
70
0.11
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
41
0.07
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
123
0.20
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
192
0.31
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Tunisia TUNISIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
7.97
140
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
11.56
145
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
2.97
147
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
2.83
171
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
1.83
144
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
7.69
108
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
4.63
122
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
2.83
150
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
2.82
119
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
4.90
83
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
14.42
79
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
1.69
106
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
3.15
116
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
0.87
167
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
0.67
171
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
5.21
7
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.