Drug use disorder deaths by sex in Cameroon
Cameroon: Drug use disorder deaths by sex was 0.03 deaths in 2021. ▲ Rising
Drug use disorder deaths by sex in Cameroon, 2000–2021
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.03 deaths for drug use disorder deaths by sex in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, drug use disorder deaths by sex in Cameroon peaked at 0.03 deaths in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.01 deaths, in 2000.
That places Cameroon 158th out of 194 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Drug use disorder deaths by sex in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.01 deaths | — |
| 2001 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.01 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.02 deaths | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 0.02 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.02 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.03 deaths | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 0.03 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.03 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.03 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.03 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.03 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.03 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.03 deaths | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.01 deaths | 0.01 deaths | 0.01 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.025 deaths | 0.01 deaths | 0.03 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.03 deaths | 0.03 deaths | 0.03 deaths | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is drug use disorder deaths by sex in Cameroon?
- Drug use disorder deaths by sex in Cameroon was 0.03 deaths in 2021, according to World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest drug use disorder deaths by sex recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.03 deaths in 2014.
- What is the lowest drug use disorder deaths by sex recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 deaths in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for drug use disorder deaths by sex?
- Cameroon ranks 158th out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is drug use disorder deaths by sex rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Drug use disorder deaths by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths from drug use disorders in females.