Mortality in Middle Africa, 1959

Middle Africa
1959
Life expectancy: 40.0
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 40.0 years in 1959: 41.4 for women and 38.6 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 767,958 people died; 12.4% of them were 65 or older and 52.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
40.0
Women
41.4
Men
38.6
Life expectancy at 65
11.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
161.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
284.9
Deaths
767,958
Deaths per 1,000 people
24.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
467
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
408
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1959'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
0167.01194.5741.438.6
1-439.6041.7747.745.5
5-910.4310.5051.549.3
10-145.775.4849.146.9
15-196.076.3745.543.1
20-247.299.2441.839.4
25-298.529.9238.336.2
30-349.6010.6234.832.9
35-3910.7711.9631.429.5
40-4411.8613.9428.026.2
45-4912.9416.4624.622.9
50-5416.1520.6321.119.6
55-5921.5726.4517.616.5
60-6431.9537.1114.313.5
65-6948.4253.7611.410.7
70-7475.0682.088.88.3
75-79112.74124.056.76.2
80-84168.32186.295.04.6
85-89242.94274.133.73.4
90-94347.63395.182.82.5
95-99451.34498.862.22.0
100+564.88601.471.81.7