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Cameroon
COUNTRY #1
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CAMEROON VS OMAN

Compare Cameroon and Oman 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.

Oman
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
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Oman Population Pyramid
6,915,451
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Oman OMAN
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Oman OMAN
       
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
  
41.1
42.9
41.9
135
139
136
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
  
48.9
51.3
50.1
122
121
121
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
  
59.2
62.1
60.6
97
105
100
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
  
68.4
71.5
69.9
50
80
65
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
  
70.7
74.9
72.6
48
69
61
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
  
73.7
78.1
75.6
40
49
46
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
  
73.0
75.3
73.9
72
103
91
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Oman OMAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age
60.3
64.5
168
168
73.0
75.3
72
103
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
73.8
76.0
72
107
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
73.9
76.1
72
108
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
74.0
76.1
71
108
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
74.3
76.3
72
109
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
74.7
76.4
72
109
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
74.9
76.5
73
110
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
75.1
76.6
75
110
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
75.4
76.8
78
113
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
75.6
77.0
79
116
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
76.0
77.3
85
122
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
76.5
77.7
92
137
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
77.2
78.5
109
146
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
78.3
79.6
136
156
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
80.1
81.2
150
165
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
82.3
83.4
171
165
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
84.9
86.3
178
162
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
88.8
89.6
171
158
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Oman OMAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
301.95
5
2. Stroke
118.87
44
94.98
78
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
37.10
74
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
0.66
121
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
58.11
28
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
2.95
92
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
18.16
113
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
0.45
143
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
12.63
113
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
17.70
98
11. Malaria
34.53
28
0.00
147
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
4.21
170
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
20.58
101
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
12.12
138
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
4.16
135
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
21.35
75
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
22.46
24
18. Suicide
15.92
25
4.47
149
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
4.21
146
20. Asthma
14.72
40
0.60
156
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
0.88
87
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
0.35
122
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
1.05
120
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
2.79
129
25. Falls
10.66
18
9.24
25
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
6.52
67
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
1.47
163
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
4.33
98
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
4.70
109
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
7.63
8
31. Violence
6.68
73
0.72
167
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
2.10
105
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
2.40
109
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
7.13
117
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
0.09
155
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
0.54
155
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
0.26
89
38. Fires
4.38
18
1.20
102
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
8.09
61
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
0.50
177
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
2.65
157
42. Drownings
3.78
50
4.91
26
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
3.32
104
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
5.23
77
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
4.91
15
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
0.91
71
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
4.80
138
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
0.57
151
49. War
2.54
11
0.07
62
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
0.10
57
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Oman OMAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
701
4.73
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
31
0.21
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
78
0.53
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
0
0.00
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
1,648
11.11
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
5,287
35.65
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
77
0.52
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
207
1.40
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
527
3.55
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
18
0.12
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
1,029
6.94
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
386
2.60
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
312
2.10
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
406
2.74
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
21
0.14
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
130
0.88
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
22
0.15
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
53
0.36
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
241
1.62
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
325
2.19
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
13
0.09
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
360
2.43
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
141
0.95
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
34
0.23
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
11
0.07
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
42
0.28
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
292
1.97
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
2
0.01
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
211
1.42
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
2
0.01
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
323
2.18
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
0
0.00
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
127
0.86
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
37
0.25
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
29
0.20
36. Fires
908
0.51
38
0.26
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
116
0.78
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
22
0.15
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
70
0.47
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
36
0.24
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
47
0.32
42. War
643
0.36
4
0.03
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
205
1.38
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
138
0.93
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
185
1.25
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
110
0.74
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
0
0.00
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
92
0.62
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
12
0.08
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
26
0.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Oman OMAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
4.21
170
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
12.12
138
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
4.16
135
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
4.70
109
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
2.40
109
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
7.13
117
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
8.09
61
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
2.65
157
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
3.32
104
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
5.23
77
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
4.80
138
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
0.75
148
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
3.54
94
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
1.43
130
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
1.40
147
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
2.19
81
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.