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

Central African Republic

1985

Life expectancy: 50.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Central African Republic was 50.5 years in 1985: 52.2 for women and 48.9 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 43,453 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 49.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

50.5

Women

52.2

Men

48.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

116.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

180.3

Deaths

43,453

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.7

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

388

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

318

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	118.69	135.65	52.2	48.9
1-4	18.58	19.05	57.6	54.8
5-9	4.68	4.81	57.9	55.0
10-14	3.05	3.03	54.2	51.2
15-19	3.64	3.92	50.0	47.0
20-24	4.72	5.66	45.9	42.9
25-29	5.61	6.45	41.9	39.0
30-34	6.40	7.44	38.0	35.2
35-39	7.39	9.00	34.2	31.5
40-44	8.54	10.92	30.3	27.8
45-49	9.92	13.55	26.6	24.2
50-54	12.94	17.78	22.8	20.7
55-59	17.29	23.26	19.1	17.4
60-64	26.06	33.44	15.6	14.2
65-69	40.06	48.86	12.4	11.4
70-74	63.80	74.25	9.7	8.8
75-79	98.38	112.42	7.4	6.7
80-84	147.86	167.55	5.5	5.0
85-89	217.82	243.12	4.1	3.8
90-94	305.22	333.74	3.1	2.9
95-99	412.62	443.48	2.4	2.2
100+	534.90	562.40	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Central African Republic by year

Mortality in Central African Republic, 1985

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