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

Sao Tome and Principe

1973

Life expectancy: 57.9

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Life expectancy at birth in Sao Tome and Principe was 57.9 years in 1973: 60.4 for women and 55.6 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 1,008 people died; 29.5% of them were 65 or older and 39.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

57.9

Women

60.4

Men

55.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

120.9

Deaths

1,008

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

312

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

224

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	85.14	100.47	60.4	55.6
1-4	9.41	9.48	64.7	60.3
5-9	2.18	2.79	63.1	58.6
10-14	1.41	1.88	58.8	54.4
15-19	1.93	3.07	54.2	49.9
20-24	2.39	4.25	49.7	45.6
25-29	2.78	4.15	45.2	41.5
30-34	3.38	4.52	40.8	37.4
35-39	4.24	5.58	36.5	33.2
40-44	5.42	7.35	32.2	29.0
45-49	6.99	10.14	28.0	25.0
50-54	9.76	14.55	23.9	21.2
55-59	13.83	21.06	20.0	17.6
60-64	22.09	32.09	16.2	14.2
65-69	35.29	48.48	12.8	11.3
70-74	59.84	75.41	9.8	8.7
75-79	96.99	115.35	7.3	6.6
80-84	150.35	173.58	5.4	4.9
85-89	223.98	254.66	4.0	3.6
90-94	313.06	349.83	3.0	2.7
95-99	430.37	470.47	2.3	2.1
100+	556.73	596.48	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sao Tome and Principe by year

Mortality in Sao Tome and Principe, 1973

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