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

Middle Africa

1966

Life expectancy: 42.2

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1966 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 42.2 years in 1966: 43.8 for women and 40.5 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 827,508 people died; 12.6% of them were 65 or older and 52.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

42.2

Women

43.8

Men

40.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

148.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

256.7

Deaths

827,508

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.4

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

461

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

391

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	152.06	177.14	43.8	40.5
1-4	33.83	35.44	49.8	47.1
5-9	9.41	9.49	52.7	49.9
10-14	5.22	5.04	50.1	47.2
15-19	5.62	6.12	46.4	43.4
20-24	6.77	9.08	42.6	39.6
25-29	7.93	9.80	39.0	36.4
30-34	9.00	10.54	35.5	33.1
35-39	10.17	11.82	32.0	29.7
40-44	11.26	13.74	28.5	26.4
45-49	12.33	16.18	25.0	23.1
50-54	15.42	20.25	21.4	19.8
55-59	20.60	26.01	18.0	16.6
60-64	30.45	36.50	14.6	13.6
65-69	46.34	52.93	11.6	10.8
70-74	72.37	80.83	9.0	8.4
75-79	109.20	121.93	6.9	6.3
80-84	163.46	182.94	5.1	4.7
85-89	235.83	267.49	3.8	3.5
90-94	333.24	377.94	2.9	2.6
95-99	446.47	508.90	2.2	1.9
100+	576.44	663.39	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Middle Africa by year

Mortality in Middle Africa, 1966

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