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Canada
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Canada and Cameroon 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.

Cameroon
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
Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Canada CANADA   Cameroon CAMEROON
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
 
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
1970
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
 
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
1980
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
 
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
1990
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
 
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
2000
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
 
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
2010
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
 
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
2019
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
 
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Cameroon CAMEROON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
84.1
14
16
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age
80.4
84.1
14
16
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age 5
80.8
84.4
13
14
65.5
69.3
164
165
Age 10
80.8
84.4
13
14
66.4
70.1
163
163
Age 15
80.9
84.5
13
14
66.9
70.5
164
162
Age 20
81.0
84.6
12
14
67.3
70.9
164
162
Age 25
81.2
84.7
11
14
67.8
71.3
164
162
Age 30
81.5
84.8
11
14
68.4
71.9
164
160
Age 35
81.7
84.9
10
13
69.1
72.6
164
160
Age 40
82.0
85.0
7
12
70.0
73.5
160
159
Age 45
82.3
85.2
6
12
71.1
74.6
157
156
Age 50
82.7
85.5
6
13
72.5
75.7
156
151
Age 55
83.1
85.9
5
13
74.0
77.0
150
150
Age 60
83.8
86.4
4
12
75.8
78.4
149
148
Age 65
84.8
87.1
3
10
77.9
80.0
147
146
Age 70
85.9
87.9
3
9
80.2
81.9
144
139
Age 75
87.4
89.0
2
8
83.0
84.3
140
129
Age 80
89.2
90.4
2
9
86.1
87.1
133
114
Age 85
91.6
92.2
5
9
89.6
90.3
124
100
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Cameroon CAMEROON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
45.15
166
122.39
77
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.87
13
20.71
37
3. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
2.77
162
4. Lung Disease
15.91
133
26.42
70
5. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
23.24
36
6. Stroke
15.12
182
118.87
44
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
5.92
135
8. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
29.36
31
9. Suicide
10.34
67
15.92
25
10. Drug Use
8.70
2
5.35
8
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.69
169
116.04
17
12. Diabetes Mellitus
7.22
156
57.00
30
13. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
3.03
112
14. Lymphomas
6.52
26
2.94
152
15. Liver Disease
5.73
159
36.47
37
16. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
4.11
102
17. Falls
5.07
101
10.66
18
18. Kidney Disease
4.99
168
46.48
14
19. Road Traffic Accidents
4.58
157
40.18
24
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.41
77
9.27
24
21. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
6.88
58
22. Leukemia
4.06
67
1.52
160
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.46
128
6.68
15
24. Other Injuries
3.35
164
15.43
20
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
1.32
137
26. Congenital Anomalies
2.99
156
10.13
7
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.94
141
7.89
42
28. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
1.27
152
29. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
0.54
177
30. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
4.30
128
31. Hypertension
2.79
169
21.74
73
32. Alcohol
2.76
44
1.58
77
33. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
1.92
89
34. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
6.50
24
35. Other Neoplasms
1.99
51
0.56
81
36. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
23.20
29
37. Low Birth Weight
1.90
148
11.05
26
38. Violence
1.60
139
6.68
73
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.09
6
0.29
56
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.90
140
55.91
29
41. Epilepsy
0.81
153
4.11
7
42. Skin Disease
0.76
122
2.88
31
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
135
2.67
48
44. Drownings
0.71
160
3.78
50
45. Birth Trauma
0.65
140
11.19
17
46. Hepatitis C
0.60
15
0.17
68
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
172
6.68
35
48. Fires
0.41
153
4.38
18
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.38
80
0.28
94
50. Asthma
0.37
173
14.72
40
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Canada CANADA   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,063
17.18
10,695
5.97
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,970
13.28
1,157
0.65
3. Lung Cancers
20,937
8.98
301
0.17
4. Lung Disease
14,212
6.09
2,310
1.29
5. Stroke
14,159
6.07
11,199
6.25
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9,651
4.14
569
0.32
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,431
3.19
19,694
11.00
8. Breast Cancer
5,910
2.53
1,874
1.05
9. Diabetes Mellitus
5,718
2.45
5,468
3.05
10. Lymphomas
5,146
2.21
489
0.27
11. Pancreas Cancer
5,057
2.17
290
0.16
12. Falls
4,829
2.07
1,235
0.69
13. Prostate Cancer
4,711
2.02
940
0.52
14. Kidney Disease
4,578
1.96
5,140
2.87
15. Suicide
4,417
1.89
2,333
1.30
16. Drug Use
3,686
1.58
928
0.52
17. Liver Disease
3,624
1.55
4,531
2.53
18. Parkinson's Disease
3,359
1.44
449
0.25
19. Endocrine Disorders
3,233
1.39
2,474
1.38
20. Liver Cancer
3,113
1.33
875
0.49
21. Leukemia
3,098
1.33
275
0.15
22. Hypertension
2,563
1.10
2,035
1.14
23. Bladder Cancer
2,521
1.08
65
0.04
24. Other Injuries
2,392
1.03
3,289
1.84
25. Oesophagus Cancer
2,230
0.96
135
0.08
26. Stomach Cancer
2,177
0.93
458
0.26
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2,060
0.88
986
0.55
28. Road Traffic Accidents
1,998
0.86
7,810
4.36
29. Ovary Cancer
1,902
0.82
303
0.17
30. Skin Cancers
1,756
0.75
204
0.11
31. Other Neoplasms
1,679
0.72
49
0.03
32. Oral Cancer
1,592
0.68
845
0.47
33. Alcohol
1,491
0.64
198
0.11
34. Uterin Cancer
1,183
0.51
75
0.04
35. Congenital Anomalies
1,081
0.46
5,258
2.94
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
840
0.36
11,849
6.62
37. Multiple Sclerosis
692
0.30
41
0.02
38. Skin Disease
679
0.29
324
0.18
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
636
0.27
323
0.18
40. Violence
605
0.26
1,666
0.93
41. Cervical Cancer
578
0.25
1,582
0.88
42. Low Birth Weight
553
0.24
7,950
4.44
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.19
754
0.42
44. Epilepsy
384
0.16
867
0.48
45. Hepatitis C
363
0.16
27
0.02
46. Anemia
343
0.15
0
0.00
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
322
0.14
26
0.01
48. Drownings
283
0.12
1,178
0.66
49. Asthma
262
0.11
1,619
0.90
50. Birth Trauma
193
0.08
8,243
4.60
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
2.77
162
2. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
23.24
36
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
5.92
135
4. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
29.36
31
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
3.03
112
6. Lymphomas
6.52
26
2.94
152
7. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
4.11
102
8. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
6.88
58
9. Leukemia
4.06
67
1.52
160
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
1.32
137
11. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
1.27
152
12. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
0.54
177
13. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
4.30
128
14. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
1.92
89
15. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
6.50
24
16. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
23.20
29
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.