Schistosomiasis in Cameroon

Schistosomiasis in Cameroon
According to the latest WHO data published in 2017.

Number of deaths: 716 (0.32%)
Death Rate (Deaths per 100,000 population): 5.43
Cause of death world rank: 10.
Schistosomiasis, listed as the underlying cause of death, accounts for nearly 716 deaths in Cameroon. That’s about 1 of every 313 deaths in Cameroon.
About 2 people die of Schistosomiasis each day, an average of 1 death every 13 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

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Causes of death in Cameroon.

Schistosomiasis Death Rate by Country.

Schistosomiasis

per 100,000 population LOW HIGH

	Country	Rate
1	Sierra Leone	10.27
2	Cote d Ivoire	8.98
3	Burkina Faso	6.41
4	Benin	6.22
5	Togo	5.99
6	Chad	5.75
7	Guinea	5.63
8	Nigeria	5.55
9	Mali	5.47
10	Cameroon	5.43
11	Ghana	5.12
12	Angola	5.12
13	Gambia	5.11
14	Guinea-Bissau	4.80
15	Niger	4.50
16	Liberia	4.48
17	Eritrea	4.36
18	Mauritania	4.17
19	Senegal	4.14
20	Central Africa	4.13
21	Burundi	4.02
22	Mozambique	3.70
25	Djibouti	3.34
26	Equ. Guinea	3.17
27	Tanzania	3.13
28	DR Congo	3.11