Hypertension in Cameroon
In Cameroon, 36.8% of adults aged 30 to 79 had hypertension in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Cameroon, 2019
36.8%
Change from 2018
+0.1percentage points
Position in 2019
107th of 192
Hypertension in Cameroon over time
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% of adults aged 30 to 79. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cameroon |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 36.8% |
| 2018 | 36.7% |
| 2017 | 36.6% |
| 2016 | 36.6% |
| 2015 | 36.5% |
| 2014 | 36.5% |
| 2013 | 36.4% |
| 2012 | 36.3% |
| 2011 | 36.3% |
| 2010 | 36.2% |
| 2009 | 36.0% |
| 2008 | 35.8% |
| 2007 | 35.6% |
| 2006 | 35.3% |
| 2005 | 35.1% |
| 2004 | 34.8% |
| 2003 | 34.5% |
| 2002 | 34.2% |
| 2001 | 34.0% |
| 2000 | 33.8% |
| 1999 | 33.7% |
| 1998 | 33.6% |
| 1997 | 33.5% |
| 1996 | 33.4% |
| 1995 | 33.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 36.7% in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 36.0%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2019, Cameroon has the 107th highest value.
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