Botswana Mortality 2010: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Botswana was 59.1 years in 2010: 61.5 for women and 56.8 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 19,568 people died; 24.3% of them were 65 or older and 16.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2010

Life expectancy at birth

59.1

Women

61.5

Men

56.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

58.4

Deaths

19,568

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

440

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

347

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2010's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2010

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

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	40.03	48.39	61.5	56.8
1-4	4.00	4.30	63.0	58.6
5-9	1.18	1.37	60.0	55.5
10-14	1.03	1.19	55.3	50.9
15-19	1.91	2.26	50.6	46.2
20-24	3.22	3.97	46.0	41.7
25-29	4.86	5.87	41.7	37.5
30-34	6.57	8.26	37.7	33.5
35-39	8.56	11.36	33.9	29.8
40-44	10.43	14.51	30.2	26.4
45-49	12.84	18.20	26.7	23.2
50-54	16.13	22.79	23.3	20.2
55-59	20.50	28.38	20.1	17.3
60-64	27.97	38.21	17.0	14.6
65-69	38.62	50.21	14.1	12.1
70-74	52.04	66.09	11.6	9.9
75-79	72.24	89.59	9.3	7.8
80-84	98.13	135.28	7.3	5.9
85-89	149.00	200.51	5.5	4.4
90-94	219.21	285.98	4.1	3.3
95-99	309.67	389.52	3.1	2.5
100+	427.53	510.57	2.3	2.0

Mortality in Botswana by year

Mortality in Botswana, 2010

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