South Africa Mortality 1970: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

South Africa

1970

Life expectancy: 55.7

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

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-5 -1 1970 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa was 55.7 years in 1970: 58.1 for women and 53.5 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 272,204 people died; 20.0% of them were 65 or older and 39.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1970

Life expectancy at birth

55.7

Women

58.1

Men

53.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

86.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

126.2

Deaths

272,204

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

383

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

280

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1970's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1970

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	86.00	98.38	58.1	53.5
1-4	10.96	11.24	62.2	57.9
5-9	2.91	3.07	60.9	56.5
10-14	2.02	2.15	56.8	52.3
15-19	2.64	3.16	52.3	47.8
20-24	3.50	4.77	48.0	43.6
25-29	4.28	5.74	43.8	39.6
30-34	5.06	6.96	39.7	35.6
35-39	6.10	8.75	35.6	31.8
40-44	7.33	10.91	31.6	28.1
45-49	8.90	13.82	27.7	24.5
50-54	11.83	18.23	23.9	21.1
55-59	16.01	23.93	20.2	17.9
60-64	24.09	34.13	16.6	14.8
65-69	37.16	49.38	13.4	12.1
70-74	56.32	69.72	10.6	9.9
75-79	79.94	90.57	8.3	8.0
80-84	123.89	130.34	6.2	6.2
85-89	186.43	180.90	4.6	4.7
90-94	286.75	261.35	3.2	3.5
95-99	428.94	374.53	2.3	2.6
100+	582.24	504.11	1.7	2.0

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 1970

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