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*Education: Compulsory between ages 6 and 14. Attendance--65%. Literacy--75%.
*Education: Compulsory between ages 6 and 14. Attendance--65%. Literacy--75%.
*Health: Infant mortality rate (2007)--6.6%. Life expectancy (2007)--52.86 yrs.
*Health: Infant mortality rate (2007)--6.6%. Life expectancy (2007)--52.86 yrs.
*Work force: Agriculture--70%. Industry and commerce--13%.
*Work force: Agriculture--70%. Industry and commerce--13%.
===Religion===
Forty percent of the population of 18.1 million is Christian, 20% Muslim, and 40% practices traditional indigenous religious beliefs. The Christian population is equally divided between Roman Catholics and Protestants.
Christians are concentrated primarily in the southern and western provinces and Muslims reside in every province. Large cities have significant populations of both groups. The two Anglophone provinces of the western region are largely Protestant and the Francophone provinces of the southern and western regions are mostly Catholic. In the northern provinces, the locally dominant Fulani (or Peuhl) ethnic group is mostly Muslim, but the overall population is fairly evenly divided between Muslims, Christians, and animists. The Bamoun ethnic group of the West Province is largely Muslim. Traditional indigenous religious beliefs are practiced in rural areas throughout the country, but are rarely practiced publicly in cities, in part because many of these groups are intrinsically local in character.
Several religious denominations operate primary and secondary schools. Although state institutions continue to dominate post-secondary education, private schools affiliated with religious denominations, including Catholic, Protestant, and Qur'anic schools, have been among the best schools at the primary and secondary levels for many years.
==Government and Political Conditions==
==Government and Political Conditions==