Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Sao Tome and Principe

1962

Life expectancy: 46.8

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Life expectancy at birth in Sao Tome and Principe was 46.8 years in 1962: 48.4 for women and 45.5 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 1,341 people died; 16.0% of them were 65 or older and 49.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

46.8

Women

48.4

Men

45.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

144.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

223.7

Deaths

1,341

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.3

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

390

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

342

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	145.69	175.53	48.4	45.5
1-4	24.26	24.92	54.7	52.8
5-9	5.59	5.85	56.1	54.1
10-14	3.40	3.43	52.6	50.7
15-19	4.45	4.73	48.5	46.5
20-24	5.51	6.84	44.5	42.6
25-29	6.19	6.81	40.7	39.0
30-34	7.07	7.27	36.9	35.2
35-39	8.04	8.55	33.1	31.4
40-44	9.26	10.51	29.4	27.7
45-49	10.56	13.18	25.7	24.0
50-54	13.87	17.47	21.9	20.5
55-59	18.73	23.33	18.3	17.1
60-64	29.04	34.26	14.9	14.0
65-69	43.88	50.17	11.8	11.1
70-74	71.00	77.94	9.1	8.5
75-79	108.77	118.12	6.9	6.5
80-84	163.16	178.56	5.2	4.8
85-89	234.71	258.08	3.9	3.6
90-94	321.03	350.79	3.0	2.7
95-99	435.29	473.78	2.3	2.1
100+	558.66	600.35	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sao Tome and Principe by year

Mortality in Sao Tome and Principe, 1962

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