Drug Use in Cameroon

Drug Use in Cameroon
According to the latest WHO data published in 2017.

  • Number of deaths: 908 (0.41%)
  • Death Rate (Deaths per 100,000 population): 5.05
  • Cause of death world rank: 12.
  • Drug Use, listed as the underlying cause of death, accounts for nearly 908 deaths in Cameroon. That’s about 1 of every 244 deaths in Cameroon.
  • About 3 people die of Drug Use each day, an average of 1 death every 10 hours.

Demographic Summary

Value World Rank
Population total 24,994,885 53
Sex ratio m / f 1.01 57
Population 0-14 42.4% 18
Population 15-64 54.4% 178
Population 65 + 3.2% 164

Drug Use


per 100,000 population LOW HIGH
Country Rate
1 Ukraine Ukraine 15.93
2 Belarus Belarus 12.48
3 Russia Russia 12.33
4 Estonia Estonia 11.71
5 United States United States 10.21
6 Norway Norway 6.67
7 Lithuania Lithuania 6.46
8 Nigeria Nigeria 6.44
10 Finland Finland 5.76
11 Cote d Ivoire Cote d Ivoire 5.30
12 Cameroon Cameroon 5.05
13 Egypt Egypt 4.31
14 Australia Australia 4.30
15 Ireland Ireland 4.12
16 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 3.97
17 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 3.92
18 Canada Canada 3.85
19 United Kingdom United Kingdom 3.81
20 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 3.71
21 Denmark Denmark 3.65
22 Chad Chad 3.62
23 Moldova Moldova 3.61
24 Tunisia Tunisia 3.56
25 Ghana Ghana 3.44
26 Togo Togo 3.37
27 Sweden Sweden 3.36
Syphilis Influenza and Pneumonia Maternal Conditions Ovary Cancer Drownings Fires Peptic Ulcer Disease Drug Use Congenital Anomalies Hepatitis B Malnutrition HIV/AIDS Low Birth Weight Falls Violence Alzheimers/Dementia Liver Cancer Kidney Disease Lymphomas Tuberculosis Epilepsy Prostate Cancer Breast Cancer Other Injuries Suicide Lung Disease
Health Data used is WHO 2014, 2017 updates, World Bank and the United Nations for population.
We do not guarantee the accuracy of this data.