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

Sao Tome and Principe

1969

Life expectancy: 55.4

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Life expectancy at birth in Sao Tome and Principe was 55.4 years in 1969: 57.6 for women and 53.4 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 1,044 people died; 25.8% of them were 65 or older and 41.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

55.4

Women

57.6

Men

53.4

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

140.4

Deaths

1,044

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.7

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

332

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

256

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	97.07	115.09	57.6	53.4
1-4	11.79	11.92	62.4	58.8
5-9	2.83	3.35	61.3	57.5
10-14	1.82	2.18	57.1	53.5
15-19	2.49	3.43	52.6	49.0
20-24	3.08	4.80	48.2	44.8
25-29	3.55	4.71	43.9	40.9
30-34	4.22	5.11	39.7	36.8
35-39	5.15	6.24	35.5	32.7
40-44	6.39	8.08	31.3	28.6
45-49	7.97	10.91	27.3	24.7
50-54	10.93	15.37	23.3	20.9
55-59	15.27	21.83	19.4	17.4
60-64	24.11	32.96	15.8	14.1
65-69	37.88	49.41	12.5	11.2
70-74	63.30	76.74	9.5	8.6
75-79	100.96	117.02	7.2	6.5
80-84	154.89	176.02	5.3	4.8
85-89	228.24	257.06	4.0	3.6
90-94	316.79	351.88	3.0	2.7
95-99	433.17	473.32	2.3	2.1
100+	559.03	599.63	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sao Tome and Principe by year

Mortality in Sao Tome and Principe, 1969

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