Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Cabo Verde

1966

Life expectancy: 53.9

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1966 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Cabo Verde was 53.9 years in 1966: 55.0 for women and 52.8 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 3,710 people died; 23.4% of them were 65 or older and 43.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

53.9

Women

55.0

Men

52.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

152.2

Deaths

3,710

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.7

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

339

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

300

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	108.82	124.74	55.0	52.8
1-4	12.56	12.99	60.1	58.6
5-9	2.87	2.70	59.1	57.6
10-14	2.35	2.07	55.0	53.3
15-19	3.37	3.16	50.6	48.9
20-24	4.41	4.51	46.4	44.6
25-29	5.02	4.85	42.4	40.6
30-34	5.72	5.52	38.4	36.5
35-39	6.51	6.73	34.4	32.5
40-44	7.53	8.64	30.5	28.5
45-49	9.12	11.32	26.6	24.6
50-54	12.45	15.79	22.7	20.9
55-59	17.13	22.20	19.0	17.4
60-64	25.97	32.67	15.4	14.2
65-69	40.75	49.44	12.2	11.2
70-74	65.30	75.96	9.4	8.7
75-79	103.23	116.02	7.1	6.5
80-84	156.89	175.16	5.3	4.9
85-89	229.88	256.52	3.9	3.6
90-94	319.88	352.84	3.0	2.7
95-99	428.89	467.42	2.3	2.1
100+	549.12	588.10	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Cabo Verde by year

Mortality in Cabo Verde, 1966

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