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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon
CAMEROON		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
50.0
51.6
50.8
158
162
160
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
53.2
54.9
54.0
162
166
165
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Cameroon
CAMEROON		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
53.2
54.9
162
166
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
61.1
61.0
171
183
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
62.0
61.9
171
184
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
62.4
62.4
171
184
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
62.8
63.1
171
184
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
63.5
64.3
171
183
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
64.6
65.8
171
183
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
66.0
67.8
171
184
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
67.6
69.8
169
183
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
69.4
71.6
168
184
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
71.2
73.2
166
180
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
73.0
74.8
166
180
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
75.1
76.5
163
182
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.3
78.4
170
183
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
79.9
80.7
170
184
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.8
83.4
174
184
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.1
86.6
178
182
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.8
90.2
187
182
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.8
94.1
189
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon
CAMEROON		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 HIV/AIDS
230.63
15
  
0.40
137
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
202.27
7
  
23.69
125
3 Stroke
162.02
19
  
36.89
160
4 Coronary Heart Disease
131.78
68
  
68.80
155
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
111.78
15
  
1.95
119
6 Malaria
72.99
13
  
0.01
104
7 Diabetes Mellitus
61.09
33
  
5.04
185
8 Lung Disease
45.83
30
  
21.47
98
9 Road Traffic Accidents
32.59
24
  
4.77
180
10 Hypertension
29.43
76
  
3.67
183
11 Kidney Disease
28.76
30
  
3.23
185
12 Low Birth Weight
25.61
16
  
3.39
144
13 Other Injuries
25.43
25
  
5.54
170
14 Maternal Conditions
24.42
23
  
0.15
151
15 Violence
22.26
35
  
1.14
160
16 Tuberculosis
21.89
68
  
0.41
170
17 Endocrine Disorders
20.85
13
  
3.13
147
18 Meningitis
20.46
16
  
0.41
149
19 Birth Trauma
19.69
23
  
0.64
166
20 Asthma
18.40
26
  
1.09
153
21 Breast Cancer
18.31
73
  
23.62
20
22 Inflammatory/Heart
16.97
19
  
2.97
152
23 Malnutrition
15.89
8
  
0.07
172
24 Trypanosomiasis
11.95
8
  
0.00
192
25 Epilepsy
11.42
9
  
1.57
104
26 Liver Cancer
10.61
41
  
3.07
164
27 Cervical Cancer
9.62
46
  
1.38
161
28 Alzheimers/Dementia
9.47
41
  
17.08
14
29 Congenital Anomalies
9.19
22
  
3.68
164
30 Suicide
9.04
81
  
6.90
101
31 Lymphomas
8.75
10
  
7.35
36
32 Anaemia
8.67
18
  
0.15
171
33 Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.61
21
  
2.54
123
34 Liver Disease
8.60
102
  
9.48
96
35 Prostate Cancer
8.57
53
  
8.21
58
36 Poisonings
6.42
32
  
2.81
89
37 Fires
5.79
22
  
0.45
158
38 Skin Disease
5.45
24
  
1.50
104
39 Other Neoplasms
5.18
29
  
2.95
92
40 Falls
4.74
66
  
3.51
109
41 Drownings
4.34
69
  
0.35
187
42 Schistosomiasis
3.85
36
  
0.00
64
43 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.54
166
  
15.49
33
44 Oral Cancer
2.97
92
  
2.39
113
45 Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.54
43
  
0.90
140
46 Ovary Cancer
2.35
82
  
3.96
20
47 Stomach Cancer
2.20
179
  
4.81
130
48 Measles
2.20
24
  
0.00
97
49 Leukemia
2.09
159
  
4.39
63
50 Syphilis
2.04
39
  
0.00
147
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Cameroon
CAMEROON		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 HIV/AIDS
36,600
15.42
  
266
0.06
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
33,721
14.21
  
37,348
8.00
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
24,026
10.13
  
3,081
0.66
4 Malaria
23,179
9.77
  
5
0.00
5 Stroke
14,156
5.97
  
55,919
11.98
6 Coronary Heart Disease
11,299
4.76
  
92,299
19.77
7 Low Birth Weight
8,779
3.70
  
1,386
0.30
8 Birth Trauma
6,748
2.84
  
262
0.06
9 Diabetes Mellitus
5,497
2.32
  
6,682
1.43
10 Road Traffic Accidents
5,070
2.14
  
3,073
0.66
11 Meningitis
4,773
2.01
  
278
0.06
12 Other Injuries
4,394
1.85
  
6,029
1.29
13 Maternal Conditions
4,334
1.83
  
81
0.02
14 Malnutrition
4,187
1.76
  
85
0.02
15 Lung Disease
4,032
1.70
  
29,069
6.23
16 Violence
3,700
1.56
  
703
0.15
17 Tuberculosis
3,647
1.54
  
443
0.09
18 Kidney Disease
2,903
1.22
  
4,804
1.03
19 Congenital Anomalies
2,838
1.20
  
1,950
0.42
20 Hypertension
2,522
1.06
  
5,191
1.11
21 Endocrine Disorders
2,276
0.96
  
3,056
0.65
22 Trypanosomiasis
2,171
0.91
  
0
0.00
23 Asthma
1,914
0.81
  
1,260
0.27
24 Inflammatory/Heart
1,800
0.76
  
3,014
0.65
25 Epilepsy
1,589
0.67
  
1,201
0.26
26 Suicide
1,279
0.54
  
4,660
1.00
27 Liver Cancer
1,246
0.53
  
3,470
0.74
28 Fires
1,163
0.49
  
380
0.08
29 Breast Cancer
1,023
0.43
  
14,343
3.07
30 Lymphomas
1,013
0.43
  
8,744
1.87
31 Anaemia
1,000
0.42
  
260
0.06
32 Cervical Cancer
995
0.42
  
1,322
0.28
33 Poisonings
934
0.39
  
1,805
0.39
34 Liver Disease
867
0.37
  
7,767
1.66
35 Drownings
854
0.36
  
233
0.05
36 Peptic Ulcer Disease
851
0.36
  
3,294
0.71
37 Prostate Cancer
799
0.34
  
11,508
2.46
38 Measles
747
0.31
  
2
0.00
39 Alzheimers/Dementia
697
0.29
  
29,116
6.24
40 Pertussis
675
0.28
  
6
0.00
41 Other Neoplasms
598
0.25
  
3,829
0.82
42 Falls
541
0.23
  
4,450
0.95
43 Skin Disease
507
0.21
  
2,188
0.47
44 Schistosomiasis
478
0.20
  
1
0.00
45 Syphilis
450
0.19
  
3
0.00
46 Rheumatic Heart Disease
396
0.17
  
1,204
0.26
47 Colon-Rectum Cancers
368
0.16
  
18,951
4.06
48 Oral Cancer
308
0.13
  
2,428
0.52
49 Leukemia
286
0.12
  
5,077
1.09
50 Leishmaniasis
266
0.11
  
1
0.00
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon
CAMEROON		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Breast Cancer
18.31
73
  
23.62
20
2 Liver Cancer
10.61
41
  
3.07
164
3 Cervical Cancer
9.62
46
  
1.38
161
4 Lymphomas
8.75
10
  
7.35
36
5 Prostate Cancer
8.57
53
  
8.21
58
6 Other Neoplasms
5.18
29
  
2.95
92
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.54
166
  
15.49
33
8 Oral Cancer
2.97
92
  
2.39
113
9 Ovary Cancer
2.35
82
  
3.96
20
10 Stomach Cancer
2.20
179
  
4.81
130
11 Leukemia
2.09
159
  
4.39
63
12 Lung Cancers
1.69
185
  
30.98
18
13 Skin Cancers
1.18
98
  
2.74
32
14 Pancreas Cancer
1.02
168
  
6.81
39
15 Oesophagus Cancer
0.68
179
  
7.62
30
16 Bladder Cancer
0.58
178
  
4.27
28
17 Uterin Cancer
0.35
169
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Cameroon
CAMEROON		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
18,879,301
56
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.01
56
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
40.9 %
39
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
55.9 %
154
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.3 %
150
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
34.10
37
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
12.20
36
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
4.33
39
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
63.34
35
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.02
158
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.01
84
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.85
51
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
N/A
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.19
36
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
67.9
149
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
77.0
137
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
59.8
141
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
30.0
21
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
54.0
165
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
45.0
171
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$2,300
145
  
$36,600
23
 

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