Southern Africa Mortality 1961: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Southern Africa

1961

Life expectancy: 52.6

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

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-5 -1 1961 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 52.6 years in 1961: 54.8 for women and 50.7 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 272,536 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 41.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1961

Life expectancy at birth

52.6

Women

54.8

Men

50.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

100.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

151.1

Deaths

272,536

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.2

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

405

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

313

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1961's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1961

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	100.40	115.15	54.8	50.7
1-4	14.37	14.90	59.4	55.7
5-9	3.71	3.90	58.8	55.0
10-14	2.51	2.61	54.9	51.1
15-19	3.19	3.65	50.6	46.7
20-24	4.26	5.46	46.3	42.5
25-29	5.21	6.52	42.3	38.6
30-34	6.10	7.80	38.3	34.8
35-39	7.21	9.65	34.4	31.1
40-44	8.46	11.83	30.6	27.5
45-49	10.01	14.72	26.8	24.0
50-54	13.08	19.14	23.1	20.7
55-59	17.45	24.80	19.5	17.5
60-64	26.04	35.19	16.0	14.5
65-69	39.88	51.06	12.9	11.8
70-74	60.64	73.27	10.1	9.5
75-79	87.26	97.27	7.9	7.6
80-84	134.31	139.98	5.9	5.9
85-89	201.10	193.41	4.3	4.5
90-94	304.93	275.18	3.1	3.4
95-99	447.72	390.46	2.2	2.5
100+	589.31	520.89	1.7	1.9

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1961

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