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

Sao Tome and Principe

1997

Life expectancy: 60.6

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Life expectancy at birth in Sao Tome and Principe was 60.6 years in 1997: 62.8 for women and 58.6 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 1,401 people died; 32.9% of them were 65 or older and 35.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

60.6

Women

62.8

Men

58.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

70.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

93.9

Deaths

1,401

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

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

288

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

215

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	67.94	79.57	62.8	58.6
1-4	6.48	6.52	66.1	62.3
5-9	1.77	2.10	63.8	59.9
10-14	1.21	1.49	59.4	55.5
15-19	1.77	2.62	54.7	50.9
20-24	2.19	3.58	50.2	46.6
25-29	2.54	3.49	45.7	42.4
30-34	3.10	3.83	41.3	38.1
35-39	3.94	4.81	36.9	33.8
40-44	5.10	6.48	32.5	29.5
45-49	6.73	9.23	28.3	25.4
50-54	9.44	13.59	24.2	21.5
55-59	13.46	20.17	20.2	17.8
60-64	21.27	31.09	16.5	14.4
65-69	34.05	47.40	13.0	11.4
70-74	57.67	73.70	10.0	8.8
75-79	94.15	113.08	7.5	6.7
80-84	146.82	170.11	5.5	5.0
85-89	220.26	250.97	4.1	3.7
90-94	309.80	346.69	3.0	2.8
95-99	426.88	466.22	2.3	2.1
100+	554.94	592.49	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sao Tome and Principe by year

Mortality in Sao Tome and Principe, 1997

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