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

Southern Africa

1972

Life expectancy: 56.1

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

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-5 -1 1972 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 56.1 years in 1972: 58.5 for women and 53.9 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 319,330 people died; 20.8% of them were 65 or older and 39.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

56.1

Women

58.5

Men

53.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

85.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

124.0

Deaths

319,330

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

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

375

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

274

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	84.58	97.39	58.5	53.9
1-4	10.58	10.96	62.6	58.3
5-9	2.82	3.00	61.2	56.8
10-14	1.95	2.10	57.0	52.6
15-19	2.55	3.09	52.6	48.2
20-24	3.38	4.64	48.2	43.9
25-29	4.12	5.56	44.0	39.8
30-34	4.88	6.73	39.9	35.9
35-39	5.89	8.48	35.8	32.0
40-44	7.12	10.59	31.8	28.3
45-49	8.67	13.46	27.8	24.7
50-54	11.57	17.82	24.0	21.2
55-59	15.72	23.46	20.2	18.0
60-64	23.72	33.51	16.7	14.9
65-69	36.62	48.54	13.4	12.2
70-74	55.96	69.07	10.6	9.8
75-79	80.69	91.40	8.3	7.9
80-84	124.57	131.96	6.2	6.1
85-89	186.99	183.16	4.6	4.7
90-94	284.30	261.57	3.3	3.5
95-99	420.51	371.65	2.3	2.6
100+	566.73	498.88	1.8	2.0

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1972

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