Cameroon - Mortality rate
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Cameroon was 72.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 278.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 72.20 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 278.40 |
| 1961 | 272.20 |
| 1962 | 267.20 |
| 1963 | 262.70 |
| 1964 | 258.00 |
| 1965 | 252.60 |
| 1966 | 245.80 |
| 1967 | 237.80 |
| 1968 | 229.30 |
| 1969 | 220.40 |
| 1970 | 212.00 |
| 1971 | 204.70 |
| 1972 | 198.90 |
| 1973 | 194.80 |
| 1974 | 192.30 |
| 1975 | 191.00 |
| 1976 | 189.90 |
| 1977 | 188.50 |
| 1978 | 186.50 |
| 1979 | 183.50 |
| 1980 | 179.10 |
| 1981 | 173.90 |
| 1982 | 167.70 |
| 1983 | 161.30 |
| 1984 | 154.80 |
| 1985 | 148.80 |
| 1986 | 143.60 |
| 1987 | 139.70 |
| 1988 | 137.10 |
| 1989 | 135.90 |
| 1990 | 136.30 |
| 1991 | 137.80 |
| 1992 | 140.00 |
| 1993 | 142.50 |
| 1994 | 144.80 |
| 1995 | 146.40 |
| 1996 | 147.60 |
| 1997 | 148.10 |
| 1998 | 147.80 |
| 1999 | 146.30 |
| 2000 | 143.90 |
| 2001 | 140.90 |
| 2002 | 137.50 |
| 2003 | 134.00 |
| 2004 | 130.60 |
| 2005 | 127.50 |
| 2006 | 124.20 |
| 2007 | 121.00 |
| 2008 | 117.60 |
| 2009 | 114.30 |
| 2010 | 110.10 |
| 2011 | 105.80 |
| 2012 | 101.30 |
| 2013 | 96.70 |
| 2014 | 92.40 |
| 2015 | 88.00 |
| 2016 | 84.20 |
| 2017 | 80.60 |
| 2018 | 77.30 |
| 2019 | 74.70 |
| 2020 | 72.20 |
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Cameroon was 66.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 266.80 in 1960 and a minimum value of 66.30 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 266.80 |
| 1961 | 260.80 |
| 1962 | 256.20 |
| 1963 | 252.00 |
| 1964 | 247.60 |
| 1965 | 242.40 |
| 1966 | 235.90 |
| 1967 | 228.00 |
| 1968 | 219.70 |
| 1969 | 211.20 |
| 1970 | 203.00 |
| 1971 | 195.70 |
| 1972 | 189.80 |
| 1973 | 185.50 |
| 1974 | 183.00 |
| 1975 | 181.50 |
| 1976 | 180.40 |
| 1977 | 178.90 |
| 1978 | 176.90 |
| 1979 | 173.70 |
| 1980 | 169.60 |
| 1981 | 164.50 |
| 1982 | 158.70 |
| 1983 | 152.40 |
| 1984 | 146.00 |
| 1985 | 140.10 |
| 1986 | 135.00 |
| 1987 | 131.20 |
| 1988 | 128.70 |
| 1989 | 127.70 |
| 1990 | 128.10 |
| 1991 | 129.40 |
| 1992 | 131.50 |
| 1993 | 133.80 |
| 1994 | 135.70 |
| 1995 | 137.30 |
| 1996 | 138.40 |
| 1997 | 138.90 |
| 1998 | 138.60 |
| 1999 | 137.10 |
| 2000 | 134.90 |
| 2001 | 132.00 |
| 2002 | 128.80 |
| 2003 | 125.40 |
| 2004 | 122.10 |
| 2005 | 119.00 |
| 2006 | 115.90 |
| 2007 | 112.80 |
| 2008 | 109.40 |
| 2009 | 106.30 |
| 2010 | 102.20 |
| 2011 | 98.10 |
| 2012 | 93.90 |
| 2013 | 89.60 |
| 2014 | 85.40 |
| 2015 | 81.30 |
| 2016 | 77.60 |
| 2017 | 74.20 |
| 2018 | 71.10 |
| 2019 | 68.60 |
| 2020 | 66.30 |
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Cameroon was 77.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 289.30 in 1960 and a minimum value of 77.80 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 289.30 |
| 1961 | 282.90 |
| 1962 | 277.50 |
| 1963 | 272.90 |
| 1964 | 268.00 |
| 1965 | 262.20 |
| 1966 | 255.30 |
| 1967 | 247.10 |
| 1968 | 238.40 |
| 1969 | 229.40 |
| 1970 | 220.70 |
| 1971 | 213.10 |
| 1972 | 207.60 |
| 1973 | 203.60 |
| 1974 | 201.10 |
| 1975 | 200.00 |
| 1976 | 199.00 |
| 1977 | 197.80 |
| 1978 | 195.80 |
| 1979 | 192.60 |
| 1980 | 188.30 |
| 1981 | 182.70 |
| 1982 | 176.50 |
| 1983 | 169.80 |
| 1984 | 163.20 |
| 1985 | 157.10 |
| 1986 | 151.80 |
| 1987 | 147.70 |
| 1988 | 145.00 |
| 1989 | 143.90 |
| 1990 | 144.20 |
| 1991 | 145.80 |
| 1992 | 148.10 |
| 1993 | 150.90 |
| 1994 | 153.30 |
| 1995 | 155.10 |
| 1996 | 156.40 |
| 1997 | 156.90 |
| 1998 | 156.40 |
| 1999 | 154.80 |
| 2000 | 152.40 |
| 2001 | 149.40 |
| 2002 | 145.80 |
| 2003 | 142.20 |
| 2004 | 138.70 |
| 2005 | 135.50 |
| 2006 | 132.20 |
| 2007 | 128.90 |
| 2008 | 125.40 |
| 2009 | 122.00 |
| 2010 | 117.60 |
| 2011 | 113.10 |
| 2012 | 108.40 |
| 2013 | 103.50 |
| 2014 | 98.90 |
| 2015 | 94.40 |
| 2016 | 90.30 |
| 2017 | 86.60 |
| 2018 | 83.30 |
| 2019 | 80.40 |
| 2020 | 77.80 |
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Cameroon was 26.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.20 in 1960 and a minimum value of 26.20 in 2020.
Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 72.20 |
| 1961 | 70.80 |
| 1962 | 69.60 |
| 1963 | 68.70 |
| 1964 | 67.70 |
| 1965 | 66.70 |
| 1966 | 65.50 |
| 1967 | 64.10 |
| 1968 | 62.40 |
| 1969 | 60.60 |
| 1970 | 58.80 |
| 1971 | 57.20 |
| 1972 | 56.00 |
| 1973 | 55.10 |
| 1974 | 54.50 |
| 1975 | 54.10 |
| 1976 | 53.80 |
| 1977 | 53.50 |
| 1978 | 53.00 |
| 1979 | 52.40 |
| 1980 | 51.50 |
| 1981 | 50.50 |
| 1982 | 49.20 |
| 1983 | 47.90 |
| 1984 | 46.40 |
| 1985 | 44.80 |
| 1986 | 43.30 |
| 1987 | 42.10 |
| 1988 | 41.10 |
| 1989 | 40.50 |
| 1990 | 40.20 |
| 1991 | 40.00 |
| 1992 | 39.90 |
| 1993 | 39.70 |
| 1994 | 39.60 |
| 1995 | 39.30 |
| 1996 | 38.80 |
| 1997 | 38.20 |
| 1998 | 37.40 |
| 1999 | 36.50 |
| 2000 | 35.60 |
| 2001 | 34.80 |
| 2002 | 34.10 |
| 2003 | 33.70 |
| 2004 | 33.50 |
| 2005 | 33.20 |
| 2006 | 33.00 |
| 2007 | 32.70 |
| 2008 | 32.40 |
| 2009 | 32.00 |
| 2010 | 31.70 |
| 2011 | 31.30 |
| 2012 | 30.90 |
| 2013 | 30.40 |
| 2014 | 29.90 |
| 2015 | 29.30 |
| 2016 | 28.70 |
| 2017 | 28.00 |
| 2018 | 27.40 |
| 2019 | 26.80 |
| 2020 | 26.20 |
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Cameroon was 273.46 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 406.59 in 1960 and a minimum value of 273.46 in 2020.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 406.59 |
| 1961 | 401.79 |
| 1962 | 397.00 |
| 1963 | 392.42 |
| 1964 | 387.84 |
| 1965 | 383.26 |
| 1966 | 378.68 |
| 1967 | 374.10 |
| 1968 | 368.65 |
| 1969 | 363.19 |
| 1970 | 357.74 |
| 1971 | 352.28 |
| 1972 | 346.83 |
| 1973 | 341.92 |
| 1974 | 337.02 |
| 1975 | 332.12 |
| 1976 | 327.22 |
| 1977 | 322.32 |
| 1978 | 318.58 |
| 1979 | 314.84 |
| 1980 | 311.10 |
| 1981 | 307.36 |
| 1982 | 303.62 |
| 1983 | 303.79 |
| 1984 | 303.96 |
| 1985 | 304.13 |
| 1986 | 304.30 |
| 1987 | 304.47 |
| 1988 | 312.07 |
| 1989 | 319.68 |
| 1990 | 327.29 |
| 1991 | 334.89 |
| 1992 | 342.50 |
| 1993 | 353.03 |
| 1994 | 363.57 |
| 1995 | 374.11 |
| 1996 | 384.64 |
| 1997 | 395.18 |
| 1998 | 395.72 |
| 1999 | 396.27 |
| 2000 | 396.82 |
| 2001 | 397.36 |
| 2002 | 397.91 |
| 2003 | 390.25 |
| 2004 | 382.59 |
| 2005 | 374.93 |
| 2006 | 367.27 |
| 2007 | 359.61 |
| 2008 | 354.79 |
| 2009 | 349.97 |
| 2010 | 345.15 |
| 2011 | 340.33 |
| 2012 | 335.50 |
| 2013 | 331.88 |
| 2014 | 328.25 |
| 2015 | 324.62 |
| 2016 | 321.00 |
| 2017 | 317.37 |
| 2018 | 281.33 |
| 2019 | 277.40 |
| 2020 | 273.46 |
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Cameroon was 310.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 462.01 in 1960 and a minimum value of 310.50 in 2020.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 462.01 |
| 1961 | 456.93 |
| 1962 | 451.86 |
| 1963 | 446.98 |
| 1964 | 442.11 |
| 1965 | 437.24 |
| 1966 | 432.37 |
| 1967 | 427.50 |
| 1968 | 422.54 |
| 1969 | 417.58 |
| 1970 | 412.62 |
| 1971 | 407.66 |
| 1972 | 402.70 |
| 1973 | 397.67 |
| 1974 | 392.63 |
| 1975 | 387.60 |
| 1976 | 382.57 |
| 1977 | 377.53 |
| 1978 | 373.86 |
| 1979 | 370.19 |
| 1980 | 366.51 |
| 1981 | 362.84 |
| 1982 | 359.17 |
| 1983 | 359.35 |
| 1984 | 359.54 |
| 1985 | 359.73 |
| 1986 | 359.91 |
| 1987 | 360.10 |
| 1988 | 366.27 |
| 1989 | 372.45 |
| 1990 | 378.62 |
| 1991 | 384.79 |
| 1992 | 390.96 |
| 1993 | 398.73 |
| 1994 | 406.49 |
| 1995 | 414.25 |
| 1996 | 422.01 |
| 1997 | 429.78 |
| 1998 | 428.30 |
| 1999 | 426.83 |
| 2000 | 425.35 |
| 2001 | 423.88 |
| 2002 | 422.41 |
| 2003 | 414.57 |
| 2004 | 406.73 |
| 2005 | 398.90 |
| 2006 | 391.06 |
| 2007 | 383.22 |
| 2008 | 382.11 |
| 2009 | 381.01 |
| 2010 | 379.90 |
| 2011 | 378.79 |
| 2012 | 377.68 |
| 2013 | 370.33 |
| 2014 | 362.98 |
| 2015 | 355.63 |
| 2016 | 348.28 |
| 2017 | 340.93 |
| 2018 | 317.69 |
| 2019 | 314.09 |
| 2020 | 310.50 |
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Cameroon was 43.10 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 153.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 43.10 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 153.90 |
| 1961 | 150.50 |
| 1962 | 147.80 |
| 1963 | 145.40 |
| 1964 | 142.90 |
| 1965 | 139.90 |
| 1966 | 136.10 |
| 1967 | 131.50 |
| 1968 | 126.60 |
| 1969 | 121.70 |
| 1970 | 117.10 |
| 1971 | 113.00 |
| 1972 | 109.80 |
| 1973 | 107.40 |
| 1974 | 106.00 |
| 1975 | 105.00 |
| 1976 | 104.40 |
| 1977 | 103.50 |
| 1978 | 102.40 |
| 1979 | 100.60 |
| 1980 | 98.40 |
| 1981 | 95.60 |
| 1982 | 92.60 |
| 1983 | 89.40 |
| 1984 | 86.00 |
| 1985 | 82.80 |
| 1986 | 80.20 |
| 1987 | 78.20 |
| 1988 | 76.90 |
| 1989 | 76.40 |
| 1990 | 76.70 |
| 1991 | 77.30 |
| 1992 | 78.40 |
| 1993 | 79.50 |
| 1994 | 80.40 |
| 1995 | 81.10 |
| 1996 | 81.60 |
| 1997 | 81.70 |
| 1998 | 81.50 |
| 1999 | 80.60 |
| 2000 | 79.30 |
| 2001 | 77.60 |
| 2002 | 75.80 |
| 2003 | 73.90 |
| 2004 | 72.00 |
| 2005 | 70.50 |
| 2006 | 68.80 |
| 2007 | 67.30 |
| 2008 | 65.50 |
| 2009 | 64.00 |
| 2010 | 61.70 |
| 2011 | 59.80 |
| 2012 | 57.60 |
| 2013 | 55.20 |
| 2014 | 53.30 |
| 2015 | 51.10 |
| 2016 | 49.40 |
| 2017 | 47.50 |
| 2018 | 45.90 |
| 2019 | 44.60 |
| 2020 | 43.10 |
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Cameroon was 48.30 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 164.90 in 1960 and a minimum value of 48.30 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 164.90 |
| 1961 | 161.10 |
| 1962 | 158.10 |
| 1963 | 155.40 |
| 1964 | 152.60 |
| 1965 | 149.30 |
| 1966 | 145.30 |
| 1967 | 140.60 |
| 1968 | 135.50 |
| 1969 | 130.30 |
| 1970 | 125.70 |
| 1971 | 121.60 |
| 1972 | 118.50 |
| 1973 | 116.30 |
| 1974 | 114.90 |
| 1975 | 114.20 |
| 1976 | 113.60 |
| 1977 | 112.90 |
| 1978 | 111.80 |
| 1979 | 110.10 |
| 1980 | 107.80 |
| 1981 | 105.00 |
| 1982 | 101.80 |
| 1983 | 98.40 |
| 1984 | 94.90 |
| 1985 | 91.60 |
| 1986 | 88.80 |
| 1987 | 86.60 |
| 1988 | 85.20 |
| 1989 | 84.50 |
| 1990 | 84.70 |
| 1991 | 85.50 |
| 1992 | 86.70 |
| 1993 | 88.00 |
| 1994 | 89.10 |
| 1995 | 89.90 |
| 1996 | 90.40 |
| 1997 | 90.50 |
| 1998 | 90.20 |
| 1999 | 89.10 |
| 2000 | 87.60 |
| 2001 | 85.80 |
| 2002 | 83.70 |
| 2003 | 81.70 |
| 2004 | 79.70 |
| 2005 | 78.10 |
| 2006 | 76.20 |
| 2007 | 74.60 |
| 2008 | 72.70 |
| 2009 | 71.10 |
| 2010 | 68.60 |
| 2011 | 66.60 |
| 2012 | 64.20 |
| 2013 | 61.60 |
| 2014 | 59.50 |
| 2015 | 57.00 |
| 2016 | 55.20 |
| 2017 | 53.20 |
| 2018 | 51.30 |
| 2019 | 49.90 |
| 2020 | 48.30 |
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Cameroon was 53.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 175.50 in 1960 and a minimum value of 53.20 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 175.50 |
| 1961 | 171.30 |
| 1962 | 167.90 |
| 1963 | 165.00 |
| 1964 | 161.90 |
| 1965 | 158.30 |
| 1966 | 154.10 |
| 1967 | 149.30 |
| 1968 | 144.00 |
| 1969 | 138.70 |
| 1970 | 133.80 |
| 1971 | 129.80 |
| 1972 | 126.80 |
| 1973 | 124.80 |
| 1974 | 123.50 |
| 1975 | 122.90 |
| 1976 | 122.40 |
| 1977 | 121.80 |
| 1978 | 120.80 |
| 1979 | 119.10 |
| 1980 | 116.80 |
| 1981 | 113.80 |
| 1982 | 110.50 |
| 1983 | 107.00 |
| 1984 | 103.40 |
| 1985 | 100.00 |
| 1986 | 97.00 |
| 1987 | 94.60 |
| 1988 | 93.00 |
| 1989 | 92.30 |
| 1990 | 92.30 |
| 1991 | 93.20 |
| 1992 | 94.60 |
| 1993 | 96.10 |
| 1994 | 97.40 |
| 1995 | 98.30 |
| 1996 | 98.80 |
| 1997 | 98.90 |
| 1998 | 98.40 |
| 1999 | 97.20 |
| 2000 | 95.50 |
| 2001 | 93.50 |
| 2002 | 91.30 |
| 2003 | 89.10 |
| 2004 | 87.00 |
| 2005 | 85.30 |
| 2006 | 83.30 |
| 2007 | 81.60 |
| 2008 | 79.60 |
| 2009 | 77.90 |
| 2010 | 75.20 |
| 2011 | 73.00 |
| 2012 | 70.40 |
| 2013 | 67.60 |
| 2014 | 65.30 |
| 2015 | 62.60 |
| 2016 | 60.70 |
| 2017 | 58.50 |
| 2018 | 56.50 |
| 2019 | 55.00 |
| 2020 | 53.20 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
