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Africa > Cameroon > Health

CAMEROONIAN HEALTH STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Access to sanitation 62% [92nd of 129]
Children Underweight Rate 4% [45th of 95]
Contraception 19% [74th of 89]
Drug access 50% [116th of 163]
Infant mortality rate 69.18 [37th of 179]
Intestinal diseases death rate 34.55% [23rd of 141]
Life expectancy at birth > Female 53.59 years [189th of 220]
Malaria cases > per 100,000 2,900 [27th of 94]
Maternal mortality 430 per 100,000 [30th of 136]
Probability of not reaching 40 36.2% [24th of 111]
Respiratory disease child death rate 191.62 (est)
Spending > Public 1.0%
Tobacco > Cigarette consumption 652 [69th of 106]
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000 96 [56th of 165]
Tuberculosis immunisation 77% [108th of 134]
Tuberculosis treatment success rate > % of registered cases 70.66 % ... [125th of 171]
Unmet need for contraception > % of married women ages 15-49 20.2 % ... [4th of 13]
Water availability 19,192 cubic meters [45th of 169]
Women circumcised 1.3 [16th of 27]
Women circumcised share 1.3% [16th of 27]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; UNICEF; UN (United Nations). 2002. United Nations Population Division Database on Contraceptive Use. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. January. New York; WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Health Organisation. 1997-1999 World Health Statistics Annual. Geneva: WHO, 2000; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; UNHDR; UNICEF (United Nations Children?s Fund). 2002. Official Summary: The State of the World's Children 2002. New York: Oxford University Press.; UN 2001 via backone.pdf; ; World Health Organization; World Development Indicators database; Unicef (1994)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon

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