Eastern Africa Mortality 2017: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Africa was 62.3 years in 2017: 64.8 for women and 59.8 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 3,202,192 people died; 23.0% of them were 65 or older and 29.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2017

Life expectancy at birth

62.3

Women

64.8

Men

59.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

66.8

Deaths

3,202,192

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

321

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

235

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2017's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2017

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	42.69	51.89	64.8	59.8
1-4	5.41	5.81	66.6	61.9
5-9	2.04	2.50	64.0	59.3
10-14	1.34	1.67	59.6	55.0
15-19	1.77	2.59	55.0	50.5
20-24	2.40	3.91	50.5	46.1
25-29	3.05	4.52	46.1	42.0
30-34	3.83	5.44	41.7	37.9
35-39	4.82	6.80	37.5	33.8
40-44	6.12	8.61	33.3	29.9
45-49	7.60	11.03	29.3	26.1
50-54	10.21	14.86	25.3	22.5
55-59	13.84	19.63	21.5	19.0
60-64	20.72	28.40	17.9	15.7
65-69	31.33	40.99	14.5	12.7
70-74	47.80	60.56	11.6	10.0
75-79	71.83	91.05	9.0	7.7
80-84	109.00	138.54	6.9	5.8
85-89	163.65	208.07	5.2	4.3
90-94	231.55	294.45	3.9	3.2
95-99	320.35	390.65	3.0	2.5
100+	436.15	507.48	2.3	2.0

Mortality in Eastern Africa by year

Mortality in Eastern Africa, 2017

Year

Country