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

Southern Africa

1983

Life expectancy: 61.2

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

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-5 -1 1983 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 61.2 years in 1983: 64.2 for women and 58.3 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 339,988 people died; 26.7% of them were 65 or older and 31.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

61.2

Women

64.2

Men

58.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

83.6

Deaths

339,988

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.2

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

338

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

221

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	58.20	69.64	64.2	58.3
1-4	5.86	6.35	67.0	61.5
5-9	1.66	1.90	64.6	59.0
10-14	1.19	1.45	60.1	54.5
15-19	1.66	2.41	55.4	49.9
20-24	2.20	3.71	50.9	45.5
25-29	2.70	4.45	46.4	41.3
30-34	3.31	5.45	42.0	37.2
35-39	4.21	7.02	37.7	33.1
40-44	5.39	9.06	33.4	29.2
45-49	6.99	11.95	29.3	25.5
50-54	9.72	16.27	25.2	21.9
55-59	13.60	22.00	21.3	18.5
60-64	20.80	31.76	17.6	15.4
65-69	32.47	46.25	14.3	12.6
70-74	49.92	65.78	11.4	10.2
75-79	71.94	86.60	8.9	8.2
80-84	111.58	124.96	6.7	6.4
85-89	168.12	173.57	4.9	4.9
90-94	256.75	248.95	3.5	3.7
95-99	382.58	354.81	2.5	2.7
100+	525.65	479.94	1.9	2.1

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1983

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