Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Cameroon

1988

Life expectancy: 54.4

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Life expectancy at birth in Cameroon was 54.4 years in 1988: 55.9 for women and 52.8 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 144,701 people died; 20.2% of them were 65 or older and 44.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

54.4

Women

55.9

Men

52.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

139.8

Deaths

144,701

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.5

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

356

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

304

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	85.38	100.24	55.9	52.8
1-4	14.45	15.46	59.7	57.3
5-9	3.65	3.91	59.2	56.8
10-14	2.44	2.50	55.2	52.9
15-19	3.09	3.29	50.9	48.5
20-24	4.17	4.79	46.6	44.3
25-29	5.14	5.54	42.5	40.3
30-34	6.02	6.51	38.6	36.4
35-39	7.07	8.00	34.7	32.5
40-44	8.21	9.84	30.8	28.7
45-49	9.61	12.34	27.0	25.0
50-54	12.47	16.29	23.2	21.4
55-59	16.57	21.43	19.6	18.0
60-64	24.71	30.88	16.0	14.8
65-69	37.88	45.32	12.8	11.8
70-74	60.46	69.40	9.9	9.2
75-79	93.74	105.45	7.6	7.0
80-84	141.81	157.42	5.7	5.3
85-89	209.84	227.93	4.2	4.0
90-94	296.13	313.06	3.2	3.0
95-99	402.79	416.62	2.4	2.3
100+	526.23	531.27	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Cameroon by year

Mortality in Cameroon, 1988

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