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

Mortality in Middle Africa, 1989

Middle Africa
1989
Life expectancy: 48.3
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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 48.3 years in 1989: 50.0 for women and 46.5 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 1,211,679 people died; 13.5% of them were 65 or older and 48.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
48.3
Women
50.0
Men
46.5
Life expectancy at 65
11.8
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
113.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
187.6
Deaths
1,211,679
Deaths per 1,000 people
17.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
423
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
349
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989'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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0113.30132.2050.046.5
1-421.7022.4154.951.9
5-96.946.9455.752.6
10-143.913.8652.649.3
15-194.425.1148.645.2
20-245.447.7944.641.4
25-296.478.5140.837.9
30-347.449.1037.034.4
35-398.5510.2433.330.9
40-449.7812.0829.727.4
45-4910.9914.4526.024.0
50-5413.9718.5322.420.6
55-5918.6624.0218.817.3
60-6427.5033.7815.414.2
65-6941.8548.9112.311.4
70-7465.3874.329.58.8
75-7999.56112.337.36.7
80-84151.40169.725.45.0
85-89221.84249.694.03.7
90-94318.29354.783.02.7
95-99429.95478.402.32.1
100+563.60625.121.81.6