South Africa Mortality 1980: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

South Africa

1980

Life expectancy: 60.0

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

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-5 -1 1980 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa was 60.0 years in 1980: 62.7 for women and 57.5 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 284,796 people died; 25.4% of them were 65 or older and 33.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1980

Life expectancy at birth

60.0

Women

62.7

Men

57.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

67.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

93.9

Deaths

284,796

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

342

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

235

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1980's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1980

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	65.14	76.85	62.7	57.5
1-4	6.97	7.43	65.9	60.9
5-9	1.94	2.15	63.7	58.7
10-14	1.39	1.59	59.3	54.3
15-19	1.90	2.52	54.7	49.8
20-24	2.52	3.81	50.2	45.4
25-29	3.08	4.58	45.8	41.2
30-34	3.73	5.61	41.5	37.1
35-39	4.66	7.19	37.2	33.1
40-44	5.86	9.23	33.0	29.2
45-49	7.45	12.09	28.9	25.4
50-54	10.23	16.40	24.9	21.9
55-59	14.18	22.08	21.1	18.5
60-64	21.60	31.90	17.4	15.4
65-69	33.61	46.52	14.1	12.6
70-74	51.22	65.87	11.3	10.2
75-79	72.76	85.56	8.8	8.3
80-84	112.84	123.16	6.6	6.4
85-89	169.86	170.94	4.9	4.9
90-94	262.04	247.35	3.5	3.7
95-99	394.26	355.35	2.5	2.7
100+	543.74	482.39	1.8	2.1

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 1980

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