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Portugal
COUNTRY #1
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PORTUGAL VS CAMEROON

Compare Portugal 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
Portugal Population Pyramid
9,084,579
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%
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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
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Cameroon CAMEROON
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.7
66.3
63.4
52
43
48
  
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
1970
64.2
70.8
67.4
51
43
45
  
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
1980
67.9
75.1
71.4
36
29
30
  
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
1990
70.2
77.3
73.7
38
27
33
  
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
2000
73.1
80.1
76.6
34
24
29
  
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
2010
76.4
82.6
79.6
27
23
25
  
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
2019
78.6
84.4
81.6
30
11
23
  
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Cameroon CAMEROON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
84.4
30
11
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age
78.6
84.4
30
11
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age 5
78.9
84.7
31
11
65.5
69.3
164
165
Age 10
78.9
84.7
31
11
66.4
70.1
163
163
Age 15
78.9
84.7
31
11
66.9
70.5
164
162
Age 20
79.0
84.8
31
11
67.3
70.9
164
162
Age 25
79.1
84.8
32
11
67.8
71.3
164
162
Age 30
79.3
84.9
35
11
68.4
71.9
164
160
Age 35
79.4
85.0
35
11
69.1
72.6
164
160
Age 40
79.6
85.1
36
11
70.0
73.5
160
159
Age 45
79.9
85.3
36
11
71.1
74.6
157
156
Age 50
80.4
85.5
35
12
72.5
75.7
156
151
Age 55
81.2
85.9
32
12
74.0
77.0
150
150
Age 60
82.1
86.3
31
13
75.8
78.4
149
148
Age 65
83.3
86.8
32
13
77.9
80.0
147
146
Age 70
84.6
87.5
33
13
80.2
81.9
144
139
Age 75
86.2
88.4
35
16
83.0
84.3
140
129
Age 80
88.1
89.7
41
19
86.1
87.1
133
114
Age 85
90.5
91.5
54
29
89.6
90.3
124
100
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Cameroon CAMEROON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
39.25
174
122.39
77
2. Stroke
34.68
145
118.87
44
3. Lung Cancers
19.20
56
2.77
162
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.35
122
116.04
17
5. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.21
101
20.71
37
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.03
20
5.92
135
7. Prostate Cancer
15.78
92
29.36
31
8. Breast Cancer
15.15
114
23.24
36
9. Lung Disease
11.66
160
26.42
70
10. Diabetes Mellitus
10.79
142
57.00
30
11. Stomach Cancer
9.99
46
4.30
128
12. Kidney Disease
7.45
155
46.48
14
13. Suicide
7.22
111
15.92
25
14. Other Injuries
6.75
101
15.43
20
15. Pancreas Cancer
6.50
49
3.03
112
16. Lymphomas
6.20
36
2.94
152
17. Liver Disease
6.03
158
36.47
37
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.99
149
40.18
24
19. Liver Cancer
5.44
91
6.88
58
20. Endocrine Disorders
5.21
61
9.27
24
21. Oral Cancer
4.60
45
6.50
24
22. Hypertension
4.55
159
21.74
73
23. Leukemia
4.09
65
1.52
160
24. Bladder Cancer
3.88
27
0.54
177
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.66
118
7.89
42
26. Falls
3.52
137
10.66
18
27. Ovary Cancer
3.17
140
4.11
102
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.02
144
6.68
15
29. Cervical Cancer
2.95
149
23.20
29
30. Oesophagus Cancer
2.93
75
1.32
137
31. Uterin Cancer
2.58
76
1.27
152
32. Congenital Anomalies
2.39
170
10.13
7
33. HIV/AIDS
2.21
102
73.92
16
34. Other Neoplasms
2.12
50
0.56
81
35. Skin Cancers
1.88
92
1.92
89
36. Epilepsy
1.63
90
4.11
7
37. Low Birth Weight
1.51
156
11.05
26
38. Tuberculosis
0.83
132
40.86
25
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.78
160
6.68
35
40. Violence
0.76
164
6.68
73
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.66
153
55.91
29
42. Drug Use
0.64
147
5.35
8
43. Skin Disease
0.61
132
2.88
31
44. Alcohol
0.60
138
1.58
77
45. Drownings
0.60
166
3.78
50
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
145
2.67
48
47. Fires
0.56
135
4.38
18
48. Hepatitis C
0.49
20
0.17
68
49. Asthma
0.49
162
14.72
40
50. Birth Trauma
0.41
159
11.19
17
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
12,878
14.14
10,695
5.97
2. Stroke
12,339
13.55
11,199
6.25
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
7,191
7.89
1,157
0.65
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,851
7.52
19,694
11.00
5. Lung Cancers
4,406
4.84
301
0.17
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,389
4.82
569
0.32
7. Lung Disease
4,286
4.71
2,310
1.29
8. Diabetes Mellitus
3,601
3.95
5,468
3.05
9. Kidney Disease
2,803
3.08
5,140
2.87
10. Stomach Cancer
2,532
2.78
458
0.26
11. Prostate Cancer
2,124
2.33
940
0.52
12. Breast Cancer
1,997
2.19
1,874
1.05
13. Other Injuries
1,937
2.13
3,289
1.84
14. Hypertension
1,880
2.06
2,035
1.14
15. Pancreas Cancer
1,669
1.83
290
0.16
16. Lymphomas
1,608
1.77
489
0.27
17. Endocrine Disorders
1,547
1.70
2,474
1.38
18. Liver Cancer
1,270
1.39
875
0.49
19. Suicide
1,172
1.29
2,333
1.30
20. Bladder Cancer
1,171
1.29
65
0.04
21. Parkinson's Disease
1,139
1.25
449
0.25
22. Liver Disease
1,126
1.24
4,531
2.53
23. Falls
1,033
1.13
1,235
0.69
24. Leukemia
1,015
1.11
275
0.15
25. Oral Cancer
912
1.00
845
0.47
26. Inflammatory/Heart
909
1.00
986
0.55
27. Road Traffic Accidents
838
0.92
7,810
4.36
28. Other Neoplasms
652
0.72
49
0.03
29. Oesophagus Cancer
623
0.68
135
0.08
30. Skin Cancers
523
0.57
204
0.11
31. Epilepsy
415
0.46
867
0.48
32. Uterin Cancer
406
0.45
75
0.04
33. Ovary Cancer
397
0.44
303
0.17
34. Cervical Cancer
329
0.36
1,582
0.88
35. HIV/AIDS
320
0.35
13,888
7.75
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
231
0.25
11,849
6.62
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
229
0.25
754
0.42
38. Tuberculosis
213
0.23
7,414
4.14
39. Skin Disease
202
0.22
324
0.18
40. Congenital Anomalies
196
0.22
5,258
2.94
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
169
0.19
323
0.18
42. Anemia
151
0.17
0
0.00
43. Asthma
146
0.16
1,619
0.90
44. Drug Use
128
0.14
928
0.52
45. Alcohol
111
0.12
198
0.11
46. Fires
108
0.12
908
0.51
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
99
0.11
26
0.01
48. Violence
96
0.11
1,666
0.93
49. Hepatitis C
87
0.10
27
0.02
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
82
0.09
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Portugal PORTUGAL   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
19.20
56
2.77
162
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.03
20
5.92
135
3. Prostate Cancer
15.78
92
29.36
31
4. Breast Cancer
15.15
114
23.24
36
5. Stomach Cancer
9.99
46
4.30
128
6. Pancreas Cancer
6.50
49
3.03
112
7. Lymphomas
6.20
36
2.94
152
8. Liver Cancer
5.44
91
6.88
58
9. Oral Cancer
4.60
45
6.50
24
10. Leukemia
4.09
65
1.52
160
11. Bladder Cancer
3.88
27
0.54
177
12. Ovary Cancer
3.17
140
4.11
102
13. Cervical Cancer
2.95
149
23.20
29
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.93
75
1.32
137
15. Uterin Cancer
2.58
76
1.27
152
16. Skin Cancers
1.88
92
1.92
89
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.