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

Southern Africa

1985

Life expectancy: 62.0

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

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-5 -1 1985 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 62.0 years in 1985: 65.3 for women and 58.9 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 349,135 people died; 27.9% of them were 65 or older and 29.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

62.0

Women

65.3

Men

58.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

56.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

76.2

Deaths

349,135

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

338

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

211

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	53.28	64.24	65.3	58.9
1-4	5.11	5.59	67.9	61.8
5-9	1.47	1.71	65.2	59.1
10-14	1.08	1.34	60.7	54.6
15-19	1.53	2.34	56.0	50.0
20-24	2.03	3.66	51.4	45.5
25-29	2.48	4.42	46.9	41.3
30-34	3.07	5.42	42.5	37.2
35-39	3.93	6.99	38.1	33.1
40-44	5.10	9.06	33.8	29.2
45-49	6.68	11.99	29.6	25.4
50-54	9.35	16.35	25.5	21.9
55-59	13.15	22.13	21.6	18.5
60-64	20.17	31.89	17.9	15.4
65-69	31.54	46.25	14.5	12.6
70-74	48.54	65.48	11.6	10.2
75-79	69.91	86.13	9.1	8.2
80-84	108.44	124.28	6.8	6.4
85-89	163.39	172.61	5.0	4.9
90-94	250.00	247.92	3.6	3.7
95-99	373.12	353.69	2.6	2.7
100+	515.46	478.74	1.9	2.1

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1985

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