The life expectancy experiences significant growth in all gender groups in 2022. Comparing the two different gender groups for the year 2022, the 'life expectancy of women at birth' leads the ranking with 62.56 years. Contrastingly, 'life expectancy of men at birth' is ranked last, with 59.39 years. Their difference, compared to life expectancy of women at birth, lies at 3.17 years. Life expectancy at birth refers to the number of years the average newborn is expected to live, providing that mortality patterns at the time of birth do not change thereafter.
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Cameroon: Life expectancy at birth from 2012 to 2022, by gender
Characteristic
life expectancy of women at birth
life expectancy of men at birth
2022
62.56
59.39
2021
62.02
58.69
2020
62.63
59.08
2019
63
60.19
2018
62.78
59.6
2017
62.16
59.47
2016
61.6
58.88
2015
61.21
58.13
2014
60.43
57.45
2013
59.85
57.1
2012
59.16
56.42
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