Northern Africa Mortality 2000: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 66.4 years in 2000: 68.5 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 1,156,983 people died; 38.7% of them were 65 or older and 23.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2000

Life expectancy at birth

66.4

Women

68.5

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.3

Deaths

1,156,983

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.6

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

220

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

152

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2000's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2000

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	41.62	48.79	68.5	64.5
1-4	4.04	4.19	70.4	66.7
5-9	1.24	1.55	67.5	63.8
10-14	0.78	0.98	62.9	59.2
15-19	1.01	1.51	58.1	54.5
20-24	1.24	1.99	53.4	49.9
25-29	1.47	2.10	48.7	45.4
30-34	1.75	2.31	44.1	40.8
35-39	2.31	2.99	39.4	36.3
40-44	3.05	4.42	34.8	31.8
45-49	4.37	6.90	30.3	27.4
50-54	7.15	11.02	26.0	23.3
55-59	10.72	16.28	21.8	19.5
60-64	16.76	24.77	17.9	15.9
65-69	27.25	38.42	14.2	12.7
70-74	47.08	60.35	10.9	9.8
75-79	80.50	95.39	8.1	7.4
80-84	131.31	146.92	5.9	5.5
85-89	205.07	225.85	4.3	4.0
90-94	299.65	325.83	3.1	2.9
95-99	417.91	440.45	2.3	2.2
100+	549.78	566.51	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 2000

Year

Country