Northern Africa Mortality 2010: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Northern Africa was 69.3 years in 2010: 71.4 for women and 67.3 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 1,275,437 people died; 44.2% of them were 65 or older and 17.3% 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

69.3

Women

71.4

Men

67.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.1

Deaths

1,275,437

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

192

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

129

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	27.54	32.77	71.4	67.3
1-4	2.41	2.59	72.4	68.5
5-9	0.89	1.23	69.1	65.2
10-14	0.58	0.82	64.4	60.6
15-19	0.77	1.30	59.6	55.8
20-24	0.92	1.66	54.8	51.1
25-29	1.10	1.70	50.0	46.5
30-34	1.31	1.83	45.3	41.9
35-39	1.73	2.27	40.6	37.3
40-44	2.38	3.30	35.9	32.7
45-49	3.63	5.58	31.3	28.2
50-54	6.14	9.74	26.8	23.9
55-59	9.63	15.27	22.6	20.0
60-64	15.27	23.78	18.6	16.3
65-69	24.57	36.20	14.8	13.1
70-74	42.04	56.36	11.4	10.2
75-79	73.16	89.71	8.5	7.7
80-84	123.22	140.50	6.2	5.6
85-89	197.23	218.32	4.4	4.1
90-94	290.36	316.95	3.2	3.0
95-99	406.59	430.82	2.4	2.3
100+	535.50	555.06	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Northern Africa by year

Mortality in Northern Africa, 2010

Year

Country