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

Southern Africa

1971

Life expectancy: 55.8

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

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-5 -1 1971 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 55.8 years in 1971: 58.2 for women and 53.5 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 316,342 people died; 20.4% of them were 65 or older and 40.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

55.8

Women

58.2

Men

53.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

126.9

Deaths

316,342

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

380

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

276

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	86.37	99.27	58.2	53.5
1-4	10.96	11.37	62.3	57.9
5-9	2.91	3.10	61.0	56.5
10-14	2.01	2.16	56.9	52.4
15-19	2.61	3.16	52.5	47.9
20-24	3.46	4.75	48.1	43.6
25-29	4.21	5.69	43.9	39.6
30-34	4.97	6.89	39.8	35.7
35-39	5.98	8.66	35.7	31.9
40-44	7.20	10.79	31.7	28.2
45-49	8.74	13.68	27.8	24.6
50-54	11.63	18.06	23.9	21.1
55-59	15.78	23.73	20.2	17.9
60-64	23.79	33.84	16.6	14.8
65-69	36.72	48.99	13.4	12.1
70-74	56.14	69.70	10.6	9.8
75-79	80.96	92.24	8.3	7.9
80-84	124.91	133.17	6.2	6.1
85-89	187.48	184.71	4.5	4.7
90-94	284.98	263.84	3.3	3.5
95-99	421.40	374.75	2.3	2.6
100+	567.44	502.61	1.8	2.0

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1971

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