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United States
COUNTRY #1
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
UNITED STATES VS CAMEROON

Compare United States 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
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
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Cameroon Population Pyramid
50,573,036
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Cameroon CAMEROON
  United States UNITED STATES   Cameroon CAMEROON
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
  
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
1970
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
  
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
1980
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
  
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
  
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
2000
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
  
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
2010
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
  
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
2019
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
  
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Cameroon CAMEROON
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.3
80.7
41
42
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age
76.3
80.7
41
42
60.3
64.5
168
168
Age 5
76.8
81.2
42
45
65.5
69.3
164
165
Age 10
76.9
81.2
43
45
66.4
70.1
163
163
Age 15
76.9
81.3
43
45
66.9
70.5
164
162
Age 20
77.1
81.4
43
45
67.3
70.9
164
162
Age 25
77.5
81.5
43
45
67.8
71.3
164
162
Age 30
77.9
81.7
41
45
68.4
71.9
164
160
Age 35
78.3
81.9
41
43
69.1
72.6
164
160
Age 40
78.8
82.2
40
43
70.0
73.5
160
159
Age 45
79.3
82.5
40
42
71.1
74.6
157
156
Age 50
79.9
83.0
41
41
72.5
75.7
156
151
Age 55
80.7
83.6
40
40
74.0
77.0
150
150
Age 60
81.8
84.4
37
38
75.8
78.4
149
148
Age 65
83.1
85.3
34
38
77.9
80.0
147
146
Age 70
84.6
86.4
32
38
80.2
81.9
144
139
Age 75
86.5
87.7
23
35
83.0
84.3
140
129
Age 80
88.6
89.4
18
27
86.1
87.1
133
114
Age 85
91.1
91.5
22
30
89.6
90.3
124
100
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Cameroon CAMEROON
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
73.49
142
122.39
77
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
33.26
8
20.71
37
3. Lung Disease
28.49
60
26.42
70
4. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
2.77
162
5. Stroke
22.27
164
118.87
44
6. Drug Use
21.28
1
5.35
8
7. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
23.24
36
8. Suicide
14.51
31
15.92
25
9. Kidney Disease
13.08
127
46.48
14
10. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
29.36
31
11. Road Traffic Accidents
11.10
120
40.18
24
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10.58
144
57.00
30
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
5.92
135
14. Hypertension
10.26
133
21.74
73
15. Liver Disease
8.98
134
36.47
37
16. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.86
163
116.04
17
17. Endocrine Disorders
8.22
28
9.27
24
18. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.03
112
19. Lymphomas
6.36
31
2.94
152
20. Violence
6.00
81
6.68
73
21. Falls
5.68
90
10.66
18
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.64
73
7.89
42
23. Other Injuries
5.11
130
15.43
20
24. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
4.11
102
25. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
6.88
58
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.55
68
6.68
15
27. Leukemia
4.43
49
1.52
160
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.78
140
10.13
7
29. Alcohol
3.50
28
1.58
77
30. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.27
152
31. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.32
137
32. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
0.54
177
33. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
23.20
29
34. Other Neoplasms
2.68
37
0.56
81
35. Low Birth Weight
2.37
138
11.05
26
36. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.92
89
37. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
4.30
128
38. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
6.50
24
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.55
114
55.91
29
40. HIV/AIDS
1.37
113
73.92
16
41. Drownings
1.19
140
3.78
50
42. Hepatitis C
1.13
5
0.17
68
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.97
8
0.29
56
44. Malnutrition
0.90
104
5.84
47
45. Skin Disease
0.86
115
2.88
31
46. Asthma
0.84
141
14.72
40
47. Epilepsy
0.78
159
4.11
7
48. Fires
0.73
124
4.38
18
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.55
152
2.67
48
50. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.55
170
6.68
35
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  United States UNITED STATES   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
504,904
20.15
10,695
5.97
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
287,198
11.46
1,157
0.65
3. Lung Disease
195,387
7.80
2,310
1.29
4. Stroke
158,520
6.33
11,199
6.25
5. Lung Cancers
155,533
6.21
301
0.17
6. Kidney Disease
85,861
3.43
5,140
2.87
7. Drug Use
74,435
2.97
928
0.52
8. Hypertension
65,960
2.63
2,035
1.14
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
61,827
2.47
569
0.32
10. Diabetes Mellitus
61,418
2.45
5,468
3.05
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
60,317
2.41
19,694
11.00
12. Suicide
53,099
2.12
2,333
1.30
13. Breast Cancer
48,671
1.94
1,874
1.05
14. Endocrine Disorders
46,985
1.87
2,474
1.38
15. Pancreas Cancer
44,293
1.77
290
0.16
16. Liver Disease
43,402
1.73
4,531
2.53
17. Road Traffic Accidents
41,694
1.66
7,810
4.36
18. Falls
40,418
1.61
1,235
0.69
19. Lymphomas
40,281
1.61
489
0.27
20. Prostate Cancer
35,612
1.42
940
0.52
21. Parkinson's Disease
34,491
1.38
449
0.25
22. Inflammatory/Heart
32,529
1.30
986
0.55
23. Liver Cancer
27,064
1.08
875
0.49
24. Leukemia
26,966
1.08
275
0.15
25. Other Injuries
25,997
1.04
3,289
1.84
26. Bladder Cancer
19,622
0.78
65
0.04
27. Violence
18,976
0.76
1,666
0.93
28. Oesophagus Cancer
17,829
0.71
135
0.08
29. Other Neoplasms
17,743
0.71
49
0.03
30. Alcohol
14,659
0.58
198
0.11
31. Ovary Cancer
14,591
0.58
303
0.17
32. Skin Cancers
14,311
0.57
204
0.11
33. Stomach Cancer
13,077
0.52
458
0.26
34. Congenital Anomalies
11,762
0.47
5,258
2.94
35. Oral Cancer
11,555
0.46
845
0.47
36. Uterin Cancer
10,063
0.40
75
0.04
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
9,955
0.40
11,849
6.62
38. Cervical Cancer
6,984
0.28
1,582
0.88
39. Low Birth Weight
6,924
0.28
7,950
4.44
40. Malnutrition
6,762
0.27
1,218
0.68
41. Hepatitis C
5,684
0.23
27
0.02
42. HIV/AIDS
5,660
0.23
13,888
7.75
43. Skin Disease
5,409
0.22
324
0.18
44. Multiple Sclerosis
5,059
0.20
41
0.02
45. Drownings
4,070
0.16
1,178
0.66
46. Asthma
3,818
0.15
1,619
0.90
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,646
0.15
323
0.18
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3,461
0.14
754
0.42
49. Fires
3,183
0.13
908
0.51
50. Epilepsy
3,162
0.13
867
0.48
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  United States UNITED STATES   Cameroon CAMEROON
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.54
24
2.77
162
2. Breast Cancer
15.93
105
23.24
36
3. Prostate Cancer
11.64
126
29.36
31
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.28
71
5.92
135
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.26
36
3.03
112
6. Lymphomas
6.36
31
2.94
152
7. Ovary Cancer
4.70
79
4.11
102
8. Liver Cancer
4.69
110
6.88
58
9. Leukemia
4.43
49
1.52
160
10. Uterin Cancer
3.11
50
1.27
152
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.04
71
1.32
137
12. Bladder Cancer
2.84
61
0.54
177
13. Cervical Cancer
2.77
151
23.20
29
14. Skin Cancers
2.36
57
1.92
89
15. Stomach Cancer
2.24
173
4.30
128
16. Oral Cancer
2.01
132
6.50
24
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.