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

South Africa

1991

Life expectancy: 63.0

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

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-5 -1 1991 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa was 63.0 years in 1991: 67.0 for women and 59.5 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 343,105 people died; 30.8% of them were 65 or older and 21.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

63.0

Women

67.0

Men

59.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.9

Deaths

343,105

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.2

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

357

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

203

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	43.69	53.13	67.0	59.5
1-4	3.86	4.24	68.9	61.7
5-9	1.15	1.36	66.0	58.7
10-14	0.88	1.14	61.3	54.1
15-19	1.32	2.09	56.6	49.4
20-24	1.78	3.34	51.9	44.9
25-29	2.21	4.34	47.4	40.6
30-34	2.80	5.65	42.9	36.4
35-39	3.67	7.57	38.4	32.4
40-44	4.86	9.97	34.1	28.5
45-49	6.53	13.25	29.9	24.9
50-54	9.23	17.89	25.8	21.4
55-59	13.04	23.93	21.9	18.2
60-64	19.91	34.00	18.2	15.2
65-69	30.88	48.00	14.8	12.5
70-74	46.76	65.92	11.9	10.2
75-79	66.42	85.67	9.3	8.3
80-84	103.14	123.64	7.1	6.4
85-89	155.34	171.61	5.2	4.9
90-94	240.31	248.34	3.7	3.7
95-99	363.61	356.86	2.6	2.7
100+	509.22	484.22	2.0	2.1

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 1991

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