Middle Africa Mortality 2017: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Middle Africa

2017

Life expectancy: 59.1

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Middle Africa was 59.1 years in 2017: 61.2 for women and 57.2 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 1,671,315 people died; 19.9% of them were 65 or older and 37.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2017

Life expectancy at birth

59.1

Women

61.2

Men

57.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

90.6

Deaths

1,671,315

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

324

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

255

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2017's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2017

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	57.19	69.46	61.2	57.2
1-4	7.81	8.53	63.7	60.2
5-9	3.60	3.81	61.7	58.2
10-14	2.10	2.31	57.7	54.3
15-19	2.62	3.38	53.3	49.9
20-24	3.28	4.97	49.0	45.7
25-29	3.87	5.26	44.8	41.8
30-34	4.49	5.71	40.6	37.8
35-39	5.34	6.67	36.4	33.9
40-44	6.54	8.29	32.4	29.9
45-49	7.83	10.50	28.4	26.1
50-54	10.49	14.28	24.4	22.3
55-59	14.26	19.12	20.6	18.8
60-64	21.52	27.94	16.9	15.4
65-69	33.51	41.38	13.5	12.4
70-74	53.49	63.42	10.5	9.6
75-79	84.45	97.59	8.0	7.3
80-84	133.64	150.09	5.9	5.4
85-89	202.65	225.92	4.3	4.0
90-94	294.90	330.48	3.2	2.9
95-99	416.73	443.51	2.3	2.2
100+	546.00	561.61	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Middle Africa by year

Mortality in Middle Africa, 2017

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