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

Middle Africa

1974

Life expectancy: 45.1

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 45.1 years in 1974: 46.7 for women and 43.5 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 899,451 people died; 13.1% of them were 65 or older and 50.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

45.1

Women

46.7

Men

43.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

131.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

224.1

Deaths

899,451

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.9

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

436

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

369

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	133.91	155.75	46.7	43.5
1-4	27.77	29.04	52.2	49.6
5-9	8.34	8.36	54.1	51.4
10-14	4.64	4.52	51.3	48.5
15-19	5.08	5.55	47.5	44.6
20-24	6.12	8.14	43.6	40.8
25-29	7.21	8.79	39.9	37.4
30-34	8.25	9.44	36.3	33.9
35-39	9.37	10.73	32.7	30.4
40-44	10.47	12.70	29.1	27.0
45-49	11.57	15.12	25.6	23.6
50-54	14.52	19.11	21.9	20.2
55-59	19.44	24.69	18.4	17.0
60-64	28.73	34.82	15.0	13.9
65-69	43.85	50.71	11.9	11.1
70-74	68.88	77.72	9.2	8.6
75-79	104.96	117.86	7.0	6.5
80-84	158.32	177.45	5.3	4.8
85-89	228.86	259.26	3.9	3.6
90-94	323.54	363.51	2.9	2.7
95-99	428.69	475.53	2.3	2.1
100+	551.12	609.72	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Middle Africa by year

Mortality in Middle Africa, 1974

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