Botswana Mortality 1990: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 60.1 years in 1990: 63.7 for women and 56.7 for men, a gap of 7.1 years. 10,887 people died; 26.2% of them were 65 or older and 20.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1990

Life expectancy at birth

60.1

Women

63.7

Men

56.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

38.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

51.8

Deaths

10,887

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.3

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

455

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

294

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1990's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1990

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	35.62	43.01	63.7	56.7
1-4	3.46	3.71	65.0	58.1
5-9	1.04	1.22	61.9	55.0
10-14	0.89	1.09	57.2	50.3
15-19	1.58	2.17	52.4	45.5
20-24	2.53	3.92	47.8	41.0
25-29	3.64	6.00	43.4	36.8
30-34	4.88	8.66	39.2	32.8
35-39	6.46	12.08	35.1	29.1
40-44	8.18	15.47	31.1	25.8
45-49	10.46	19.34	27.3	22.7
50-54	13.68	23.96	23.7	19.7
55-59	18.00	29.52	20.2	16.9
60-64	25.36	39.32	16.8	14.2
65-69	36.60	51.57	13.7	11.7
70-74	53.58	69.42	11.0	9.5
75-79	79.63	97.45	8.6	7.4
80-84	113.85	147.57	6.7	5.5
85-89	170.25	216.14	5.0	4.1
90-94	246.10	304.42	3.7	3.1
95-99	341.12	409.42	2.8	2.4
100+	459.33	529.27	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 1990

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