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Mortality in Senegal, 1971

Senegal
1971
Life expectancy: 41.2
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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Senegal was 41.2 years in 1971: 41.8 for women and 40.7 for men, a gap of 1.1 years. 106,912 people died; 10.6% of them were 65 or older and 58.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
41.2
Women
41.8
Men
40.7
Life expectancy at 65
10.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
121.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
284.2
Deaths
106,912
Deaths per 1,000 people
23.2
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
429
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
385
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971'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
0124.35140.5041.840.7
1-453.2352.2846.245.7
5-97.997.0852.451.6
10-144.353.6449.548.4
15-196.185.5245.544.3
20-247.778.4341.940.4
25-298.508.3838.437.0
30-348.818.6535.033.5
35-399.539.7131.529.9
40-4410.0911.8427.926.3
45-4911.0814.4024.222.7
50-5414.7819.0520.419.2
55-5920.5126.0416.815.9
60-6433.6638.9413.312.7
65-6953.1058.0810.39.9
70-7487.8192.437.77.4
75-79141.69147.195.55.4
80-84226.31230.773.93.8
85-89349.97365.622.72.6
90-94488.34515.282.01.9
95-99635.30670.271.61.5
100+775.73806.001.31.2