Eastern Africa Mortality 2010: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa was 59.0 years in 2010: 60.8 for women and 57.2 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 3,187,982 people died; 19.4% of them were 65 or older and 34.1% 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

59.0

Women

60.8

Men

57.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

82.4

Deaths

3,187,982

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.2

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

352

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

298

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	52.81	64.03	60.8	57.2
1-4	6.76	7.50	63.0	59.9
5-9	2.72	3.05	60.7	57.7
10-14	1.76	1.98	56.5	53.6
15-19	2.44	2.95	52.0	49.1
20-24	3.46	4.49	47.6	44.7
25-29	4.65	5.37	43.4	40.7
30-34	5.73	6.42	39.3	36.7
35-39	6.91	7.88	35.4	32.9
40-44	8.17	9.79	31.6	29.1
45-49	9.70	12.22	27.8	25.4
50-54	12.74	16.23	24.0	21.8
55-59	16.85	21.26	20.4	18.5
60-64	24.21	30.41	17.0	15.3
65-69	35.71	43.46	13.9	12.4
70-74	52.87	63.75	11.1	9.8
75-79	77.47	95.02	8.7	7.5
80-84	115.06	143.54	6.6	5.6
85-89	171.09	214.51	5.0	4.1
90-94	243.62	307.66	3.7	3.1
95-99	339.95	417.30	2.8	2.3
100+	461.28	551.42	2.2	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 2010

Year

Country