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

Middle Africa

1969

Life expectancy: 43.2

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

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-5 -1 1969 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 43.2 years in 1969: 44.9 for women and 41.6 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 854,820 people died; 12.8% of them were 65 or older and 51.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

43.2

Women

44.9

Men

41.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

141.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

243.4

Deaths

854,820

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.6

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

454

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

385

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	144.62	168.27	44.9	41.6
1-4	31.33	32.77	50.6	47.9
5-9	9.02	9.09	53.1	50.3
10-14	5.04	4.90	50.5	47.6
15-19	5.46	5.98	46.7	43.7
20-24	6.57	8.87	42.9	39.9
25-29	7.71	9.53	39.3	36.6
30-34	8.78	10.24	35.7	33.3
35-39	9.94	11.55	32.2	29.9
40-44	11.04	13.44	28.7	26.6
45-49	12.13	15.86	25.2	23.2
50-54	15.16	19.89	21.6	19.9
55-59	20.24	25.61	18.1	16.8
60-64	29.84	35.95	14.8	13.7
65-69	45.43	52.19	11.7	10.9
70-74	71.18	79.87	9.1	8.4
75-79	107.98	120.84	6.9	6.4
80-84	161.96	181.46	5.2	4.7
85-89	233.83	265.33	3.9	3.5
90-94	330.70	374.11	2.9	2.6
95-99	441.51	502.38	2.2	2.0
100+	577.73	665.16	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Middle Africa by year

Mortality in Middle Africa, 1969

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