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

Central African Republic

1978

Life expectancy: 49.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Central African Republic was 49.2 years in 1978: 50.5 for women and 47.9 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 41,441 people died; 18.8% of them were 65 or older and 46.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

49.2

Women

50.5

Men

47.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

123.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

193.7

Deaths

41,441

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.3

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

391

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

333

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	126.76	143.23	50.5	47.9
1-4	21.08	21.18	56.1	54.0
5-9	5.25	5.25	56.9	54.6
10-14	3.37	3.25	53.3	51.0
15-19	3.96	4.11	49.2	46.8
20-24	5.12	5.88	45.1	42.7
25-29	6.08	6.65	41.2	38.9
30-34	6.90	7.61	37.4	35.1
35-39	7.91	9.14	33.6	31.4
40-44	9.05	11.02	29.9	27.7
45-49	10.43	13.61	26.1	24.2
50-54	13.52	17.81	22.4	20.7
55-59	18.01	23.26	18.8	17.4
60-64	27.11	33.45	15.3	14.2
65-69	41.68	49.03	12.2	11.3
70-74	66.52	74.92	9.4	8.8
75-79	102.48	113.82	7.2	6.7
80-84	153.34	169.68	5.4	5.0
85-89	224.37	245.78	4.0	3.7
90-94	312.51	336.71	3.0	2.8
95-99	420.27	446.76	2.3	2.2
100+	542.27	565.68	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Central African Republic by year

Mortality in Central African Republic, 1978

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