South Africa Mortality 2000: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

South Africa

2000

Life expectancy: 58.4

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

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-5 -1 2000 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa was 58.4 years in 2000: 61.1 for women and 55.4 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 490,137 people died; 25.8% of them were 65 or older and 14.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2000

Life expectancy at birth

58.4

Women

61.1

Men

55.4

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

68.9

Deaths

490,137

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.4

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

473

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

343

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2000's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2000

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	45.02	50.05	61.1	55.4
1-4	6.05	6.24	62.9	57.2
5-9	1.02	1.27	60.4	54.6
10-14	0.73	0.95	55.7	49.9
15-19	1.70	2.17	50.8	45.2
20-24	5.36	4.95	46.3	40.6
25-29	9.28	9.27	42.4	36.6
30-34	10.27	13.03	39.3	33.2
35-39	9.81	14.56	36.3	30.3
40-44	9.59	15.65	33.0	27.4
45-49	10.43	18.21	29.5	24.4
50-54	12.13	22.03	25.9	21.5
55-59	15.23	28.08	22.4	18.7
60-64	20.60	33.32	18.9	16.1
65-69	28.99	43.08	15.7	13.6
70-74	41.45	57.01	12.8	11.3
75-79	58.11	73.49	10.1	9.2
80-84	90.17	106.04	7.7	7.2
85-89	135.85	147.17	5.8	5.6
90-94	210.90	213.78	4.2	4.2
95-99	321.48	308.97	2.9	3.1
100+	460.43	428.95	2.2	2.3

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 2000

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