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

Southern Africa

1987

Life expectancy: 62.5

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

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-5 -1 1987 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 62.5 years in 1987: 66.0 for women and 59.2 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 361,240 people died; 29.1% of them were 65 or older and 27.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1987

Life expectancy at birth

62.5

Women

66.0

Men

59.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

52.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

70.6

Deaths

361,240

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.6

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

343

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

206

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1987

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	49.48	59.89	66.0	59.2
1-4	4.60	5.04	68.3	61.8
5-9	1.33	1.57	65.6	59.0
10-14	0.98	1.26	61.0	54.5
15-19	1.41	2.24	56.3	49.8
20-24	1.89	3.52	51.6	45.3
25-29	2.33	4.34	47.1	41.1
30-34	2.91	5.43	42.6	36.9
35-39	3.77	7.10	38.2	32.9
40-44	4.95	9.27	33.9	29.0
45-49	6.57	12.34	29.7	25.2
50-54	9.27	16.82	25.6	21.7
55-59	13.09	22.73	21.7	18.4
60-64	20.08	32.64	18.0	15.3
65-69	31.32	46.92	14.6	12.5
70-74	48.02	65.86	11.6	10.2
75-79	69.05	86.56	9.1	8.2
80-84	107.01	124.82	6.9	6.4
85-89	161.33	173.41	5.1	4.9
90-94	247.13	249.09	3.7	3.7
95-99	369.26	355.49	2.6	2.7
100+	511.19	481.19	2.0	2.1

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1987

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