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

Southern Africa

2011

Life expectancy: 59.7

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

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-5 -1 2011 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 59.7 years in 2011: 62.2 for women and 56.8 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 662,500 people died; 29.2% of them were 65 or older and 9.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

59.7

Women

62.2

Men

56.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

45.9

Deaths

662,500

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.0

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

472

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

361

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	30.80	34.91	62.2	56.8
1-4	3.43	3.82	63.1	57.8
5-9	1.06	1.20	60.0	54.7
10-14	0.96	1.07	55.3	50.0
15-19	1.69	1.93	50.5	45.3
20-24	3.83	3.75	45.9	40.7
25-29	7.26	6.73	41.8	36.4
30-34	9.89	10.70	38.2	32.5
35-39	11.23	14.62	35.0	29.2
40-44	11.54	16.84	31.9	26.2
45-49	12.30	20.21	28.6	23.3
50-54	14.29	24.01	25.3	20.5
55-59	17.43	28.87	22.0	17.8
60-64	22.86	37.84	18.7	15.2
65-69	30.10	48.29	15.7	12.8
70-74	40.08	60.83	12.9	10.7
75-79	58.76	79.42	10.2	8.6
80-84	86.45	116.07	7.8	6.6
85-89	136.65	166.82	5.7	5.0
90-94	216.82	247.42	4.0	3.7
95-99	337.54	364.13	2.8	2.6
100+	485.13	501.03	2.1	2.0

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 2011

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