Southern Africa Mortality 2000: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Southern Africa

2000

Life expectancy: 57.3

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

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-5 -1 2000 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 57.3 years in 2000: 59.9 for women and 54.5 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 580,283 people died; 25.0% of them were 65 or older and 15.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2000

Life expectancy at birth

57.3

Women

59.9

Men

54.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

72.6

Deaths

580,283

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.8

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

487

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

362

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2000's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2000

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	48.03	54.11	59.9	54.5
1-4	6.14	6.38	61.8	56.5
5-9	1.15	1.41	59.3	53.9
10-14	0.86	1.07	54.7	49.2
15-19	1.90	2.34	49.9	44.5
20-24	5.43	5.15	45.3	40.0
25-29	9.31	9.35	41.5	36.0
30-34	10.55	13.17	38.4	32.6
35-39	10.47	15.09	35.3	29.6
40-44	10.51	16.50	32.1	26.7
45-49	11.57	19.22	28.7	23.8
50-54	13.51	23.20	25.2	21.0
55-59	16.69	29.28	21.8	18.2
60-64	22.32	35.41	18.5	15.7
65-69	30.93	45.31	15.4	13.3
70-74	43.42	59.19	12.5	11.0
75-79	60.40	76.43	10.0	9.0
80-84	92.11	109.52	7.6	7.0
85-89	139.08	151.86	5.7	5.4
90-94	214.08	218.08	4.1	4.1
95-99	323.53	312.53	2.9	3.0
100+	460.28	431.48	2.2	2.3

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 2000

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