Southern Africa Mortality 2015: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Southern Africa

2015

Life expectancy: 63.3

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

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-5 -1 2015 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Africa was 63.3 years in 2015: 66.2 for women and 60.1 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 604,674 people died; 32.5% of them were 65 or older and 9.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2015

Life expectancy at birth

63.3

Women

66.2

Men

60.1

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.2

Deaths

604,674

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

401

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

286

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2015's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2015

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	29.04	33.66	66.2	60.1
1-4	2.83	3.20	67.1	61.1
5-9	0.64	0.83	63.9	57.9
10-14	0.69	0.82	59.1	53.1
15-19	1.40	1.84	54.3	48.3
20-24	2.52	3.52	49.6	43.7
25-29	4.26	5.32	45.2	39.5
30-34	5.93	7.27	41.1	35.5
35-39	7.32	9.75	37.3	31.7
40-44	8.55	12.26	33.6	28.1
45-49	9.84	15.61	30.0	24.8
50-54	11.95	20.50	26.3	21.6
55-59	15.50	26.33	22.8	18.6
60-64	20.22	34.78	19.4	15.9
65-69	28.70	46.04	16.2	13.4
70-74	40.21	61.14	13.3	11.3
75-79	55.15	73.97	10.8	9.4
80-84	82.58	104.66	8.4	7.6
85-89	119.69	134.74	6.5	6.2
90-94	175.59	176.63	4.9	5.0
95-99	252.69	228.32	3.6	4.0
100+	361.15	303.34	2.8	3.3

Mortality in Southern Africa by year

Mortality in Southern Africa, 2015

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