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Romania
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Romania 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
Romania Population Pyramid
16,259,784
Cameroon Population Pyramid
50,573,036
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Romania ROMANIA   Cameroon CAMEROON
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
63.8
67.3
65.5
36
41
38
 
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
1970
66.3
70.8
68.5
32
44
40
 
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
1980
66.5
71.8
69.1
44
58
53
 
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
1990
66.6
73.1
69.7
67
71
69
 
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
2000
67.2
74.3
70.7
91
78
86
 
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
2010
69.7
77.2
73.4
91
66
81
 
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
2019
72.0
79.3
75.6
80
57
73
 
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Cameroon CAMEROON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
79.3
80
57
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age
72.0
79.3
80
57
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age 5
72.5
79.7
86
66
65.5
69.3
164
165
Age 10
72.5
79.8
86
66
66.4
70.1
163
163
Age 15
72.6
79.8
86
66
66.9
70.5
164
162
Age 20
72.8
79.9
89
67
67.3
70.9
164
162
Age 25
72.9
80.0
93
67
67.8
71.3
164
162
Age 30
73.2
80.1
98
66
68.4
71.9
164
160
Age 35
73.4
80.2
99
66
69.1
72.6
164
160
Age 40
73.7
80.4
100
67
70.0
73.5
160
159
Age 45
74.3
80.7
100
67
71.1
74.6
157
156
Age 50
75.0
81.1
103
68
72.5
75.7
156
151
Age 55
76.2
81.6
99
66
74.0
77.0
150
150
Age 60
77.8
82.4
90
67
75.8
78.4
149
148
Age 65
79.8
83.4
83
64
77.9
80.0
147
146
Age 70
81.9
84.5
81
66
80.2
81.9
144
139
Age 75
84.3
86.0
76
70
83.0
84.3
140
129
Age 80
87.0
88.0
72
76
86.1
87.1
133
114
Age 85
90.2
90.6
63
72
89.6
90.3
124
100
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Cameroon CAMEROON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
153.78
46
122.39
77
2. Stroke
104.36
65
118.87
44
3. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
2.77
162
4. Liver Disease
27.34
66
36.47
37
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
26.33
96
116.04
17
6. Hypertension
22.29
71
21.74
73
7. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
23.24
36
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
5.92
135
9. Lung Disease
16.92
127
26.42
70
10. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
29.36
31
11. Kidney Disease
11.95
136
46.48
14
12. Inflammatory/Heart
11.38
22
7.89
42
13. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
23.20
29
14. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
4.30
128
15. Road Traffic Accidents
8.54
130
40.18
24
16. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
6.88
58
17. Other Injuries
7.73
89
15.43
20
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
3.03
112
19. Suicide
7.33
109
15.92
25
20. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
6.50
24
21. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
4.11
102
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
5.41
165
20.71
37
23. Diabetes Mellitus
5.39
167
57.00
30
24. Falls
4.62
110
10.66
18
25. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
0.54
177
26. Lymphomas
4.00
119
2.94
152
27. Leukemia
3.90
75
1.52
160
28. Tuberculosis
3.59
93
40.86
25
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
161
10.13
7
30. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
1.92
89
31. Drownings
2.55
88
3.78
50
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
1.27
152
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
1.32
137
34. Low Birth Weight
2.13
144
11.05
26
35. Parkinson's Disease
1.50
167
6.68
15
36. Alcohol
1.46
85
1.58
77
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.42
136
6.68
35
38. Fires
1.33
97
4.38
18
39. Poisonings
1.32
63
2.80
23
40. Epilepsy
1.31
113
4.11
7
41. HIV/AIDS
1.22
114
73.92
16
42. Drug Use
1.21
90
5.35
8
43. Violence
1.08
152
6.68
73
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
113
2.67
48
45. Other Neoplasms
0.76
65
0.56
81
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.60
181
9.27
24
47. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.54
160
55.91
29
48. Asthma
0.52
160
14.72
40
49. Malnutrition
0.37
120
5.84
47
50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.27
21
0.00
83
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Romania ROMANIA   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
71,810
30.78
10,695
5.97
2. Stroke
49,707
21.31
11,199
6.25
3. Hypertension
11,007
4.72
2,035
1.14
4. Lung Cancers
10,113
4.33
301
0.17
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,357
4.01
19,694
11.00
6. Liver Disease
8,920
3.82
4,531
2.53
7. Lung Disease
7,359
3.15
2,310
1.29
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6,835
2.93
569
0.32
9. Kidney Disease
5,175
2.22
5,140
2.87
10. Inflammatory/Heart
4,433
1.90
986
0.55
11. Breast Cancer
3,851
1.65
1,874
1.05
12. Stomach Cancer
3,457
1.48
458
0.26
13. Liver Cancer
3,114
1.33
875
0.49
14. Pancreas Cancer
2,935
1.26
290
0.16
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,839
1.22
1,157
0.65
16. Prostate Cancer
2,449
1.05
940
0.52
17. Oral Cancer
2,290
0.98
845
0.47
18. Diabetes Mellitus
2,230
0.96
5,468
3.05
19. Other Injuries
2,139
0.92
3,289
1.84
20. Road Traffic Accidents
1,992
0.85
7,810
4.36
21. Suicide
1,886
0.81
2,333
1.30
22. Cervical Cancer
1,870
0.80
1,582
0.88
23. Bladder Cancer
1,715
0.74
65
0.04
24. Falls
1,504
0.64
1,235
0.69
25. Lymphomas
1,385
0.59
489
0.27
26. Leukemia
1,342
0.58
275
0.15
27. Ovary Cancer
1,109
0.48
303
0.17
28. Tuberculosis
1,015
0.44
7,414
4.14
29. Skin Cancers
1,003
0.43
204
0.11
30. Oesophagus Cancer
755
0.32
135
0.08
31. Parkinson's Disease
741
0.32
449
0.25
32. Drownings
596
0.26
1,178
0.66
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
531
0.23
754
0.42
34. Uterin Cancer
522
0.22
75
0.04
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
440
0.19
323
0.18
36. Fires
421
0.18
908
0.51
37. Alcohol
409
0.18
198
0.11
38. Congenital Anomalies
367
0.16
5,258
2.94
39. Poisonings
366
0.16
666
0.37
40. Drug Use
346
0.15
928
0.52
41. Low Birth Weight
317
0.14
7,950
4.44
42. Epilepsy
314
0.13
867
0.48
43. Other Neoplasms
289
0.12
49
0.03
44. Violence
255
0.11
1,666
0.93
45. Asthma
225
0.10
1,619
0.90
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
223
0.10
11,849
6.62
47. HIV/AIDS
219
0.09
13,888
7.75
48. Endocrine Disorders
193
0.08
2,474
1.38
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
143
0.06
0
0.00
50. Malnutrition
142
0.06
1,218
0.68
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Romania ROMANIA   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.30
18
2.77
162
2. Breast Cancer
18.79
68
23.24
36
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
17.21
11
5.92
135
4. Prostate Cancer
13.75
114
29.36
31
5. Cervical Cancer
10.84
78
23.20
29
6. Stomach Cancer
9.06
51
4.30
128
7. Liver Cancer
8.33
45
6.88
58
8. Pancreas Cancer
7.73
27
3.03
112
9. Oral Cancer
7.10
16
6.50
24
10. Ovary Cancer
5.74
40
4.11
102
11. Bladder Cancer
4.06
23
0.54
177
12. Lymphomas
4.00
119
2.94
152
13. Leukemia
3.90
75
1.52
160
14. Skin Cancers
2.60
48
1.92
89
15. Uterin Cancer
2.44
86
1.27
152
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.23
98
1.32
137
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.