Middle Africa Mortality 2008: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Middle Africa

2008

Life expectancy: 55.0

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 55.0 years in 2008: 56.4 for women and 53.5 for men, a gap of 3.0 years. 1,576,244 people died; 16.9% of them were 65 or older and 43.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2008

Life expectancy at birth

55.0

Women

56.4

Men

53.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

81.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

126.0

Deaths

1,576,244

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.4

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

351

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

304

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2008's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2008

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	78.14	93.76	56.4	53.5
1-4	12.05	13.15	59.9	57.6
5-9	4.77	4.81	58.8	56.6
10-14	2.78	2.81	55.2	52.9
15-19	3.36	3.71	50.9	48.7
20-24	4.24	5.36	46.7	44.5
25-29	5.12	5.86	42.7	40.7
30-34	5.99	6.54	38.7	36.8
35-39	7.03	7.68	34.8	32.9
40-44	8.25	9.41	31.0	29.1
45-49	9.52	11.69	27.2	25.4
50-54	12.35	15.59	23.4	21.8
55-59	16.47	20.51	19.7	18.3
60-64	24.31	29.52	16.2	15.0
65-69	37.40	43.60	12.9	12.0
70-74	58.95	67.02	10.0	9.3
75-79	91.25	102.64	7.6	7.1
80-84	141.16	156.48	5.7	5.3
85-89	210.54	233.30	4.2	3.9
90-94	308.76	336.34	3.1	2.9
95-99	420.23	437.23	2.3	2.2
100+	547.38	550.12	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Middle Africa by year

Mortality in Middle Africa, 2008

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