Middle Africa Mortality 2010: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Middle Africa

2010

Life expectancy: 55.9

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 55.9 years in 2010: 57.5 for women and 54.3 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 1,593,743 people died; 17.4% of them were 65 or older and 41.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2010

Life expectancy at birth

55.9

Women

57.5

Men

54.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

75.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

116.9

Deaths

1,593,743

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

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

346

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

293

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2010's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2010

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	72.80	87.46	57.5	54.3
1-4	10.89	11.93	60.8	58.2
5-9	4.50	4.55	59.4	56.9
10-14	2.63	2.69	55.7	53.2
15-19	3.19	3.66	51.4	48.9
20-24	4.01	5.32	47.2	44.7
25-29	4.82	5.77	43.1	40.9
30-34	5.64	6.41	39.1	37.0
35-39	6.65	7.51	35.2	33.1
40-44	7.86	9.20	31.3	29.3
45-49	9.15	11.46	27.4	25.5
50-54	11.95	15.35	23.6	21.9
55-59	16.02	20.28	19.9	18.4
60-64	23.69	29.19	16.3	15.1
65-69	36.49	43.07	13.0	12.1
70-74	57.73	66.19	10.1	9.4
75-79	89.83	101.51	7.7	7.1
80-84	139.73	155.08	5.7	5.3
85-89	209.30	231.75	4.2	3.9
90-94	308.22	334.72	3.1	2.9
95-99	420.83	433.71	2.3	2.3
100+	545.76	540.89	1.8	1.9

Mortality in Middle Africa by year

Mortality in Middle Africa, 2010

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