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

Mortality in Cameroon, 1969

Cameroon
1969
Life expectancy: 47.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Cameroon was 47.2 years in 1969: 48.3 for women and 46.1 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 118,710 people died; 15.9% of them were 65 or older and 50.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
47.2
Women
48.3
Men
46.1
Life expectancy at 65
12.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
122.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
221.5
Deaths
118,710
Deaths per 1,000 people
18.9
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
375
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
339
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0123.84143.1948.346.1
1-429.7631.2553.551.9
5-96.947.0855.954.5
10-144.203.9852.851.4
15-194.584.4848.947.4
20-245.816.2145.043.4
25-296.786.7641.239.7
30-347.487.4837.636.0
35-398.308.7433.932.3
40-449.1910.3230.228.6
45-4910.2312.5226.525.0
50-5413.0816.2922.821.4
55-5917.2721.1819.218.0
60-6426.1630.6815.714.7
65-6940.2145.3912.511.8
70-7464.0070.159.79.1
75-7997.75107.637.46.9
80-84144.84161.465.65.2
85-89210.58235.534.23.9
90-94291.55323.533.22.9
95-99390.87431.122.52.3
100+504.82547.562.01.8