Cameroon - Health Indicators

Contains data from World Health Organization's data portal covering the following indicators:
Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births), Adolescent birth rate (per 1000 women aged 15-19 years), Contraceptive prevalence (%), Unmet need for family planning (%), Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births), Median availability of selected generic medicines (%) - Public, Median consumer price ratio of selected generic medicines - Public, Children aged <5 years sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (%), Children aged <5 years with fever who received treatment with any antimalarial (%), Prevalence of condom use by adults during higher-risk sex (15-49) (%), Deaths due to tuberculosis among HIV-negative people (per 100 000 population), Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population per year), Population aged 15-24 years with comprehensive correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS (%), Prevalence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population), Births attended by skilled health personnel (%), Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births), Children aged <5 years stunted (%), Cholera - number of reported cases, Diphtheria - number of reported cases, Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases, Pertussis - number of reported cases, Number of new leprosy cases, Total tetanus - number of reported cases, Meningitis - number of reported cases, Malaria - number of reported confirmed cases, Poliomyelitis - number of reported cases, Yellow fever - number of reported cases, H5N1 influenza - number of reported cases, Plague - number of reported cases, Mumps - number of reported cases, Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases, Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, Rubella - number of reported cases, Measles - number of reported cases, Life expectancy at birth (years), Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births), Low-birth-weight newborns (%), Children aged = 15 years (%), Population (in thousands) total, Population median age (years), Population proportion under 15 (%), Population living on <$1 (PPP int. $) a day (%), Civil registration coverage of births (%), Population proportion over 60 (%), Gross national income per capita (PPP int. $), Total fertility rate (per woman), Population living in urban areas (%), Annual population growth rate (%), Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis (DTP3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%), Median availability of selected generic medicines (%) - Private, Hospital beds (per 10 000 population), Private prepaid plans as a percentage of private expenditure on health, Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$), Per capita total expenditure on health (PPP int. $), Children aged < 5 years with pneumonia symptoms taken to a healthcare provider (%), Children aged <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORT (%), Per capita government expenditure on health (PPP int. $), Measles-containing-vaccine first-dose (MCV1) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%), Antenatal care coverage - at least one visit (%), General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditure, Births by caesarean section (%), Median consumer price ratio of selected generic medicines - Private, Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%), External resources for health as a percentage of total expenditure on health, Number of dentistry personnel, Children aged 6-59 months who received vitamin A supplementation (%), Physicians density (per 10 000 population), Number of nursing and midwifery personnel, Neonates protected at birth against neonatal tetanus (PAB) (%), Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%), Social security expenditure on health as a percentage of general government expenditure on health, Number of physicians, Deaths due to HIV/AIDS (per 100 000 population), Out-of-pocket expenditure as a percentage of private expenditure on health, Number of community health workers, Total expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product, Dentistry personnel density (per 10 000 population), Private expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health, Nursing and midwifery personnel density (per 10 000 population), General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health, Community health workers density (per 10 000 population), Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits (%), Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$), Age-standardized mortality rate by cause (per 100 000 population) - Injuries, Age-standardized mortality rate by cause (per 100 000 population) - Noncommunicable, Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - Malaria, Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - Pneumonia, Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - Injuries, Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - Diarrhoea, Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - Measles, Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - HIV/AIDS, Distribution of causes of death among children aged = 15 years, Number of reported cases of cholera, Number of reported deaths from cholera, Cholera case fatality rate, Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 (%), Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate (%), Age-standardized mortality rate by cause (per 100 000 population) - Communicable, Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - Prematurity, Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - Neonatal sepsis, Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - Congenital anomalies, Number of pharmaceutical personnel, Number of environment and public health workers, Density of pharmaceutical personnel (per 10 000 population), Density of environment and public health workers (per 10 000 population), Distribution of causes of death among children aged <5 years (%) - Birth asphyxia, Children aged <5 years wasted for age (%), Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people with HIV infection eligible for ART according to 2010 guidelines (%), Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people with advanced HIV infection (%), WHO 2006 guidelines, Estimated percentage of pregnant women living with HIV who received antiretrovirals for preventing mother-to-child transmission, Tuberculosis treatment coverage, Number of suspected meningitis deaths reported, Number of suspected meningitis cases reported, Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases, Number of meningitis epidemic districts, Total (recorded+unrecorded) alcohol per capita (15+) consumption, Contraceptive prevalence, among girls aged 15-19 (%), Unmet need for family planning, among girls aged 15-19 (%), Births attended by skilled health personnel, among girls aged 15-19 (%), Antenatal care coverage - at least one visit, among girls aged 15-19 (%), Number of under-five deaths (thousands), Number of infant deaths (thousands), Number of neonatal deaths (thousands), Psychiatrists working in mental health sector (per 100 000 population), Mental hospitals (per 100 000 population), Mental health units in general hospitals (per 100 000 population), Children aged <5 years with ARI symptoms who took antibiotic treatment (%), Life expectancy at age 60 (years), Malaria - number of reported deaths, Estimated number of malaria cases, Estimated number of malaria deaths, Total density per million population: Computed tomography units, Total density per million population: Radiotherapy units, Postnatal care visit within two days of birth (%), Age-standardized mortality rate by cause (ages 30-70, per 100 000 population) - All causes, Age-standardized mortality rate by cause (ages 30-70, per 100 000 population) - Cancer, Age-standardized mortality rate by cause (ages 30-70, per 100 000 population) - Cardiovasular disease and diabetes, Age-standardized mortality rate by cause (ages 30-70, per 100 000 population) - Chronic respiratory conditions, Crude birth rate (per 1000 population), Crude death rate (per 1000 population), Cellular subscribers (per 100 population), Most recent census (year), Civil registration coverage of cause-of-death (%), Ill-defined causes in cause-of-death registration (%), Antenatal care coverage - at least one visit (in the two or three years preceding the survey) (%), Births attended by skilled health personnel (in the two or three years preceding the survey) (%), Antenatal care coverage - at least one visit (in the three years preceding the survey) (%), Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits (in the three years preceding the survey) (%), Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits (in the five years preceding the survey) (%), Births attended by skilled health personnel (in the three years preceding the survey) (%), Births attended by skilled health personnel (in the five years preceding the survey) (%), Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits (in the two or three years preceding the survey) (%)

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Source	World Health Organization
Contributor	HDX
Date of Dataset	Jan 01, 1950 - Dec 31, 2050
Expected Update Frequency	Every year
Location	Cameroon
Visibility	Public
License	Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations
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Tags	children demographics disease health hiv - aids hxl infectious disease malaria mental health millennium development goals - mdg mortality socioeconomics sustainable development goals - sdg tuberculosis