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

Mortality in Cameroon, 2012

Cameroon
2012
Life expectancy: 58.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Cameroon was 58.2 years in 2012: 59.9 for women and 56.5 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 210,280 people died; 21.5% of them were 65 or older and 38.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
58.2
Women
59.9
Men
56.5
Life expectancy at 65
12.6
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
67.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
101.5
Deaths
210,280
Deaths per 1,000 people
10.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
337
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
280
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
064.1277.2759.956.5
1-48.939.8662.859.9
5-92.382.6861.058.3
10-141.701.8556.754.0
15-192.362.6852.249.5
20-243.283.9947.745.1
25-294.184.7343.541.0
30-345.085.7239.336.9
35-396.217.2235.332.9
40-447.489.1231.329.0
45-499.1011.7527.425.3
50-5411.9815.7723.621.6
55-5916.0521.0419.918.2
60-6423.7830.4116.314.9
65-6936.3344.8013.112.0
70-7457.5868.5710.29.4
75-7989.74103.097.77.2
80-84138.51152.495.75.4
85-89209.78218.624.24.1
90-94303.51300.143.13.2
95-99420.63398.572.32.4
100+557.66510.651.82.0