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Mortality in Senegal, 1954

Senegal
1954
Life expectancy: 38.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Senegal was 38.2 years in 1954: 38.7 for women and 37.6 for men, a gap of 1.0 years. 75,924 people died; 11.8% of them were 65 or older and 58.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
38.2
Women
38.7
Men
37.6
Life expectancy at 65
9.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
129.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
319.0
Deaths
75,924
Deaths per 1,000 people
26.8
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
459
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
416
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0132.50150.5338.737.6
1-463.9563.6343.042.6
5-99.118.1150.750.0
10-144.914.0947.947.0
15-196.956.1944.042.9
20-248.729.4440.539.2
25-299.519.4037.235.9
30-349.879.6133.932.6
35-3910.6210.7430.529.0
40-4411.1413.0127.025.5
45-4912.1515.6923.422.0
50-5416.1420.5919.718.6
55-5922.3527.9716.215.4
60-6436.7741.7712.812.3
65-6957.7762.159.89.6
70-7495.0098.517.37.2
75-79152.27155.885.35.2
80-84241.17242.683.73.7
85-89369.00380.612.62.5
90-94509.13530.931.91.9
95-99653.76682.881.51.5
100+789.45812.681.31.2