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

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1965

Southern Africa
1965
Life expectancy: 54.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 54.0 years in 1965: 56.2 for women and 52.0 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 286,710 people died; 19.0% of them were 65 or older and 41.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
54.0
Women
56.2
Men
52.0
Life expectancy at 65
12.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
94.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
140.9
Deaths
286,710
Deaths per 1,000 people
13.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
390
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
297
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
094.57108.4456.252.0
1-412.9313.3360.756.8
5-93.383.5559.855.8
10-142.302.4155.851.8
15-192.953.4151.447.4
20-243.915.0947.143.2
25-294.776.0743.039.2
30-345.607.2838.935.3
35-396.669.0535.031.6
40-447.9011.1831.127.9
45-499.4414.0527.224.4
50-5412.4418.4223.420.9
55-5916.7224.0619.817.7
60-6425.0734.2816.314.7
65-6938.5749.8613.111.9
70-7458.8471.4810.39.6
75-7984.7194.828.07.7
80-84130.45136.496.06.0
85-89195.62189.134.44.6
90-94296.76269.323.13.4
95-99437.22382.092.22.5
100+581.36511.221.72.0