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

Swaziland

1979

Life expectancy: 57.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Swaziland was 57.5 years in 1979: 59.1 for women and 55.8 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 6,615 people died; 18.0% of them were 65 or older and 49.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

57.5

Women

59.1

Men

55.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

82.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

118.1

Deaths

6,615

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.5

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

322

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

267

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	80.16	95.61	59.2	55.8
1-4	9.42	10.27	63.0	60.2
5-9	2.56	2.80	61.3	58.7
10-14	1.80	1.91	57.1	54.5
15-19	2.39	2.75	52.6	50.0
20-24	3.17	3.97	48.2	45.6
25-29	3.86	4.51	43.9	41.5
30-34	4.61	5.29	39.7	37.4
35-39	5.62	6.59	35.6	33.3
40-44	6.87	8.36	31.5	29.4
45-49	8.48	10.92	27.6	25.5
50-54	11.40	14.95	23.6	21.8
55-59	15.55	20.34	19.9	18.3
60-64	23.49	29.85	16.3	15.0
65-69	36.35	44.28	13.0	12.0
70-74	58.48	68.00	10.1	9.3
75-79	91.85	103.97	7.6	7.1
80-84	141.18	156.67	5.7	5.3
85-89	211.79	229.54	4.2	3.9
90-94	301.84	319.05	3.1	3.0
95-99	413.63	427.71	2.4	2.3
100+	542.21	547.47	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Swaziland by year

Mortality in Swaziland, 1979

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