South Africa Mortality 2008: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

South Africa

2008

Life expectancy: 56.0

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

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-5 -1 2008 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South Africa was 56.0 years in 2008: 58.1 for women and 53.5 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 648,293 people died; 24.1% of them were 65 or older and 12.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2008

Life expectancy at birth

56.0

Women

58.1

Men

53.5

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

67.4

Deaths

648,293

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.7

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

527

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

424

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2008's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2008

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	44.38	49.71	58.2	53.5
1-4	5.51	6.18	59.7	55.2
5-9	1.33	1.55	57.0	52.5
10-14	0.90	1.04	52.4	47.9
15-19	1.68	1.98	47.6	43.2
20-24	5.40	4.55	43.0	38.6
25-29	11.22	8.78	39.1	34.4
30-34	15.63	15.56	36.2	30.8
35-39	15.27	19.27	34.0	28.1
40-44	14.42	21.25	31.5	25.7
45-49	13.85	22.59	28.6	23.3
50-54	15.27	25.42	25.5	20.8
55-59	17.63	30.01	22.3	18.3
60-64	22.39	35.76	19.1	15.8
65-69	28.50	45.95	16.1	13.4
70-74	38.10	56.36	13.2	11.2
75-79	54.75	73.60	10.4	9.1
80-84	86.18	107.40	8.0	7.1
85-89	129.86	149.05	6.0	5.5
90-94	201.82	216.44	4.3	4.1
95-99	308.13	312.43	3.1	3.0
100+	444.50	432.73	2.3	2.3

Mortality in South Africa by year

Mortality in South Africa, 2008

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