Cameroon
Figures computed by WHO to assure comparability; they are not necessarily the official statistics of Member States, which may use alternative rigorous methods.
Table 1: Basic indicators for all WHO Member States
| Population estimates | 1992 | 2002 |
| Total population (000) | 15729 | |
| Annual growth rate (%) | 2.4 | |
| Dependency ratio (per 100) | 94 | 86 |
| % of population aged 60+ years | 5.5 | 5.6 |
| Total fertility rate | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | Males | Females |
| 2002 | 47.2 | 49.0 |
| uncertainty | 41.1 -53.9 | 41.4 - 56.7 |
| Both sexes 2002 | 48.1 | |
| Probability of dying (per 1000) | Males | Females |
| Under age 5 years 2002 | 162 | 158 |
| uncertainty | 151 - 174 | 147 - 169 |
| Between ages 15 and 59 years 2002 | 519 | 454 |
| uncertainty | 344 - 697 | 273 - 658 |
Table 4: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) in all WHO Member States, estimates for 2002
| 2002 | Males | Females | |
| Healthy life expectancy (HALE) (years) | Total population at birth | 41.5 | |
| At birth | 41.1 | 41.8 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 36.8 - 47.2 | 36.3 - 48.4 | |
| At age 60 | 9.7 | 10.4 | |
| Uncertainty interval | 8.9 - 11.6 | 9.6 - 12.0 | |
| Expectation of lost healthy years at birth (years) | 6 | 7.3 | |
| Percentage of total life expectancy lost | 12.8 | 14.8 | |
Table 5: Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of expenditure on health, 1997-2001
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Total expenditure on health as % of GDP | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 21.2 | 19.2 | 22.8 | 33.7 | 37.1 |
| Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health | 78.8 | 80.8 | 77.2 | 66.3 | 62.9 |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 7.9 | 7.8 |
| External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health | 5.9 | 6 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
| Social security expenditure on health as % of general government expenditure on health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health | 87 | 85.5 | 84.1 | 81.9 | 81.6 |
| Private prepaid plans as % of private expenditure on health | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
n/a Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made. 0 Used when no evidence of the schemes to which the cell relates exist. Some estimates yielding a ratio inferior to 0.04% are shown as 0.
Table 6: Selected national health accounts indicators: measured levels of per capita expenditure on health, 1997-2001
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 23 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 20 |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 45 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 42 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at international dollar rate | 9 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 16 |
n/a Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made.
Table 7: Millenium Development Goals: Selected health indicators in all WHO Member States, 2000 (unles specified)
| Children under five years of age underweight for age | 1998 | % | 22.2 |
| Under-five mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 155 | |
| Infant mortality rate | Per 1000 live births | 91 | |
| One-year-olds immunized against measles (2001) | % | 62 | |
| Maternal mortality ratio | Per 100 000 live births | 730 | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel | % | 56.1 | |
| HIV prevalence among 15-49-years-olds | % | 7.4 | |
| Malaria mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 116 | |
| Tuberculosis prevalence | Per 100 000 | 232 | |
| Tuberculosis mortality rate | Per 100 000 | 25 | |
| Tuberculosis cases | Detected under DOTS (2001) | % | … |
| Cured under DOTS | % | … | |
| Population using solid fuels | % | 77 | |
| Population with sustainable access to an improved water source | Urban | % | 78 |
| Rural | % | 39 | |
| Population with access to improved sanitation | Urban | % | 92 |
| Rural | % | 66 | |
b Estimates from the 1990s. ...Countries not implementing DOTS or not reporting to WHO n/a Data not available