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

South Africa

1969

Life expectancy: 55.4

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1969 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa was 55.4 years in 1969: 57.8 for women and 53.3 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 267,488 people died; 19.7% of them were 65 or older and 40.1% 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

57.8

Men

53.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

88.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

128.3

Deaths

267,488

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.4

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

383

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

283

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	87.39	99.91	57.8	53.3
1-4	11.26	11.49	61.9	57.8
5-9	2.98	3.13	60.7	56.4
10-14	2.06	2.18	56.6	52.3
15-19	2.69	3.19	52.1	47.8
20-24	3.57	4.81	47.8	43.5
25-29	4.36	5.79	43.6	39.5
30-34	5.15	7.00	39.5	35.6
35-39	6.19	8.79	35.5	31.8
40-44	7.43	10.94	31.5	28.1
45-49	8.99	13.83	27.6	24.6
50-54	11.93	18.22	23.8	21.1
55-59	16.13	23.89	20.1	17.9
60-64	24.25	34.06	16.6	14.9
65-69	37.40	49.30	13.4	12.2
70-74	56.68	69.70	10.6	9.9
75-79	80.46	90.54	8.3	8.0
80-84	124.68	130.29	6.2	6.2
85-89	187.61	180.83	4.5	4.7
90-94	288.50	261.26	3.2	3.5
95-99	431.46	374.58	2.3	2.6
100+	585.04	504.29	1.7	2.0

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 1969

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