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

Mortality in Middle Africa, 1994

Middle Africa
1994
Life expectancy: 49.3
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 49.3 years in 1994: 51.4 for women and 47.3 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 1,350,046 people died; 13.7% of them were 65 or older and 48.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
49.3
Women
51.4
Men
47.3
Life expectancy at 65
12.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
109.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
179.0
Deaths
1,350,046
Deaths per 1,000 people
16.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
418
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
335
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994'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
0108.26127.0951.447.3
1-420.1521.1256.152.5
5-96.106.4956.753.0
10-143.563.6553.449.6
15-194.114.9749.345.5
20-245.147.6845.241.6
25-296.138.3941.438.1
30-347.079.0837.634.6
35-398.1410.2333.831.1
40-449.3211.9330.127.6
45-4910.4514.2026.424.2
50-5413.3418.0922.720.8
55-5917.7923.4019.117.5
60-6426.3533.0815.614.4
65-6940.3247.9912.511.5
70-7463.0472.749.78.9
75-7996.41109.787.46.8
80-84147.16165.865.55.0
85-89216.99244.904.13.7
90-94313.53350.163.02.7
95-99425.10473.902.32.1
100+561.01625.901.81.6