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Health
Cameroon
Overview
Health indicators, mortality rates, disease burden, and healthcare infrastructure data for Cameroon.
Healthcare Quality
Oyster healthcare score
26
Oyster List · lineage unverified
Stored score on a 0–100 scale. Oyster List uses several healthcare proxy methods; this row does not record its input sources, observation year, or formula version. It cannot be identified as a direct WHO or World Bank score. Scoring limitations.
WHO Health Indicators
Browse the latest available value for each stored sex, age, other dimension and unit combination across these pages. Different scopes are separate series. Periods can be old; a recent import does not make an old period current. Future-dated periods are listed separately because the stored data does not identify observation versus projection status.
55 scoped series entries across 31 indicators. Up to 50 entries per page; category counts below refer to this page.
Suicide deaths
3.396437
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2009
Sex: Female · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/120_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
12.720572
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2009
Sex: Male · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/120_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Suicide deaths
8.039751
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2009
Sex: Total · Age: Total years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 16BBF41 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 16BBF41_3.4.2 - Suicide/120_16BBF41_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
24.100000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2012
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/120_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
30.100000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2012
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/120_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Non-communicable diseases deaths (age 30 to 70)
27.000000
Unit: % of 30 year olds · Period: 2012
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1F96863 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1F96863_3.4.1 - cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease/120_1F96863_Dataset_2024-12-18.csv
Mortality rate (under 5)
237.364319
Unit: per 1000 live births · Period: 1966
Sex: Female · Age: 0 to 4 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 2322814 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 2322814_3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate/120_2322814_Dataset_2024-05-15.csv
Mortality rate (under 5)
256.433684
Unit: per 1000 live births · Period: 1966
Sex: Male · Age: 0 to 4 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 2322814 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 2322814_3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate/120_2322814_Dataset_2024-05-15.csv
Mortality rate (under 5)
247.212406
Unit: per 1000 live births · Period: 1966
Sex: Total · Age: 0 to 4 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 2322814 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 2322814_3.2.1 - Under-five mortality rate/120_2322814_Dataset_2024-05-15.csv
Homicide deaths
2.677438
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/120_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Homicide deaths
16.666481
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2005
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 361734E · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 361734E_16.1.1 - Intentional homicide/120_361734E_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
0.713786
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/120_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Poisoning deaths (unintentional)
1.540987
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2004
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 84FD3DE · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 84FD3DE_3.9.3 - Unintentional poisoning/120_84FD3DE_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Mortality rate (neonetal)
33.081378
Unit: deaths per 1000 live births · Period: 2006
Sex: Total · Age: 0 to 27 days
WHO data portal · Indicator: A4C49D3 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: A4C49D3_3.2.2- Neonatal mortality rate/120_A4C49D3_Dataset_2024-05-16.csv
Maternal mortality ratio
342.214684
Unit: deaths per 100 000 live births · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: AC597B1 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: AC597B1_3.1.1 - Maternal mortality ratio/120_AC597B1_Dataset_2025-04-10.csv
Road traffic deaths
10.600000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2021
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: D6176E2 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D6176E2_3.6.1 - Deaths due to road traffic injuries/120_D6176E2_Dataset_2024-02-05.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
181.374000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/120_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
244.419000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/120_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Air pollution deaths (age-standardized)
210.229000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E2FC6D7 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E2FC6D7_3.9.1 - Household and ambient air pollution/120_E2FC6D7_Dataset_2025-05-02.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
42.400000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/120_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
52.200000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/120_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene services deaths
47.300000
Unit: deaths per 100 000 · Period: 2019
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: ED50112 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: ED50112_3.9.2 - Unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene/120_ED50112_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Malaria cases
258.807247
Unit: cases per 1000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 442CEA8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 442CEA8_3.3.3 - Malaria/120_442CEA8_Dataset_2024-03-08.csv
HIV infections
0.460000
Unit: infections per 1000 · Period: 2024
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 77D059C · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 77D059C_3.3.1 - HIV infections/120_77D059C_Dataset_2025-03-26.csv
Tuberculosis cases
150.000000
Unit: cases per 100 000 · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: C288D13 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: C288D13_3.3.2 - Tuberculosis/120_C288D13_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Stunting in children (under 5)
24.700000
Unit: % of children · Period: 2021
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5F8A486 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5F8A486_2.2.1 - Stunting/120_5F8A486_Dataset_2025-05-08.csv
Tobacco use
1.100000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/120_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
0.800000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/120_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
10.500000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/120_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
8.900000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Male · Age: Not specified
Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/120_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
5.800000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2025
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/120_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Tobacco use
4.900000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2030
Sex: Total · Age: Not specified
Future-dated period · Projection status not recorded; do not interpret as a current observation.
WHO data portal · Indicator: 75DDA77 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 75DDA77_3.A.1 - Age-standardized prevalence of tobacco use/120_75DDA77_Dataset_2024-01-17.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
9.820558
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2001
Sex: Female · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/120_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
4.574955
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2001
Sex: Male · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/120_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in adults (age 18+)
7.258603
Unit: % of adults · Period: 2001
Sex: Total · Age: 18 plus years
WHO data portal · Indicator: BEFA58B · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: BEFA58B/120_BEFA58B_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Intimate partner violence prevalence among ever partnered women in their lifetime (%)
39.000000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2018
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: E0D4E17 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: E0D4E17_5.2.2 - Sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner (last 12 months)/120_E0D4E17_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Obesity in children (age 5 to 19)
1.211981
Unit: % of children · Period: 1996
Sex: Female · Age: 10 to 19 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: EF93DDB · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: EF93DDB/120_EF93DDB_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in children (age 5 to 19)
0.311418
Unit: % of children · Period: 1996
Sex: Male · Age: 10 to 19 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: EF93DDB · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: EF93DDB/120_EF93DDB_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Obesity in children (age 5 to 19)
0.761105
Unit: % of children · Period: 1996
Sex: Total · Age: 10 to 19 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: EF93DDB · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: EF93DDB/120_EF93DDB_Dataset_2024-02-29.csv
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels
5.400000
Unit: % of population · Period: 2023
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: 6A64C9A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 6A64C9A_7.1.2 - Clean fuels/120_6A64C9A_Dataset_2024-04-29.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
22.030130
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Rural
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/120_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
36.711830
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Total
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/120_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Population using hand-washing facilities with soap and water
47.027490
Unit: % of population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
Additional dimension 1: Urban
WHO data portal · Indicator: D1223E8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: D1223E8_6.2.1 - Safely managed sanitation & hand-washing/120_D1223E8_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Births attended by health personnel
69.000000
Unit: % of births · Period: 2018
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 1772666 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 1772666_3.1.2 - Births attended by skilled health personnel/120_1772666_Dataset_2025-04-07.csv
Density of doctors
1.360000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 217795A · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 217795A_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/120_217795A_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Density of nurses and midwives
6.590000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 5C8435F · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 5C8435F_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/120_5C8435F_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
General government expenditure on domestic health
3.935542
Unit: % spent on health · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: B9C6C79 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: B9C6C79_1.a.2 - Government spending essential services/120_B9C6C79_Dataset_2025-04-04.csv
Density of pharmacists
0.220000
Unit: per 10 000 population · Period: 2022
Sex: Not specified · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 45CA7C8 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 45CA7C8_3.C.1 - Health worker density and distribution/120_45CA7C8_Dataset_2025-04-30.csv
Hypertension in adults (age 30 to 79)
36.700000
Unit: % of 30 - 79 year olds · Period: 2011
Sex: Female · Age: Not specified
WHO data portal · Indicator: 608DE39 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 608DE39/120_608DE39_Dataset_2024-01-08.csv
Family planning satisfied with modern methods
44.900000
Unit: % of women · Period: 2018
Sex: Female · Age: 15 to 49 years
WHO data portal · Indicator: 8074BD9 · Imported: 21/11/2025
Source file: 8074BD9_3.7.1 - Women satisfied with modern methods/120_8074BD9_Dataset_2025-05-06.csv
World Bank Health Indicators
Proportion of women subjected to physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months (% of ever-partnered women ages 15-49)
32.70
2014 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she argues with him (%)
14.60
2018 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she burns the food (%)
8.20
2018 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she goes out without telling him (%)
15.00
2018 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she neglects the children (%)
21.80
2018 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife (any of five reasons) (%)
27.70
2018 · World Bank
Women who believe a husband is justified in beating his wife when she refuses sex with him (%)
10.30
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
38.00
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q2
36.70
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q3
28.90
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q4
22.30
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (not wanting to go alone) (% of women): Q5 (highest)
18.80
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
62.70
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q2
53.90
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q3
39.10
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q4
28.80
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (distance to health facility) (% of women): Q5 (highest)
23.40
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q1 (lowest)
84.10
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q2
80.40
2018 · World Bank
Problems in accessing health care (getting money for treatment) (% of women): Q3
68.60
2018 · World Bank
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