Mortality in Middle Africa, 1951

Middle Africa
1951
Life expectancy: 37.0
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
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Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 37.0 years in 1951: 38.4 for women and 35.5 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 733,043 people died; 13.0% of them were 65 or older and 52.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
37.0
Women
38.4
Men
35.5
Life expectancy at 65
10.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
176.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
319.6
Deaths
733,043
Deaths per 1,000 people
27.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
493
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
434
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1951'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0184.59215.5638.435.5
1-447.4150.4244.942.7
5-912.0712.3349.747.6
10-146.596.3647.745.5
15-196.777.0144.241.9
20-248.079.8840.638.3
25-299.3810.6437.235.1
30-3410.5211.4933.931.9
35-3911.7513.0230.628.6
40-4412.8315.1727.325.4
45-4913.9417.8423.922.2
50-5417.3622.2320.419.0
55-5923.1628.3017.116.0
60-6434.4039.6813.913.0
65-6951.8957.3011.010.3
70-7479.6987.078.58.0
75-79118.40130.776.56.0
80-84177.10197.004.84.4
85-89253.81289.043.63.2
90-94360.09413.002.72.4
95-99476.60545.562.11.8
100+602.74694.731.71.4