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

Southern Africa

1999

Life expectancy: 58.2

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

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-5 -1 1999 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 58.2 years in 1999: 61.0 for women and 55.2 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 550,710 people died; 26.8% of them were 65 or older and 16.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

58.2

Women

61.0

Men

55.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

71.9

Deaths

550,710

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.4

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

462

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

339

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	51.29	59.99	61.0	55.2
1-4	4.85	5.05	63.1	57.6
5-9	1.34	1.56	60.3	54.7
10-14	0.92	1.14	55.7	50.1
15-19	1.84	2.31	51.0	45.4
20-24	4.09	4.54	46.4	40.9
25-29	6.98	7.68	42.3	36.8
30-34	8.59	10.77	38.7	33.1
35-39	9.38	13.41	35.3	29.8
40-44	10.04	15.51	31.9	26.7
45-49	11.37	18.47	28.4	23.6
50-54	13.58	22.71	24.9	20.7
55-59	16.76	28.42	21.5	17.9
60-64	23.06	36.83	18.1	15.2
65-69	32.11	47.74	15.0	12.8
70-74	44.88	62.36	12.2	10.6
75-79	63.22	81.38	9.7	8.6
80-84	97.15	117.45	7.4	6.7
85-89	146.65	163.03	5.5	5.1
90-94	225.50	234.15	3.9	3.9
95-99	339.84	335.07	2.8	2.9
100+	478.79	457.77	2.1	2.2

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 1999

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