Western Africa Mortality 2000: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Western Africa

2000

Life expectancy: 49.8

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 Western Africa was 49.8 years in 2000: 50.8 for women and 48.8 for men, a gap of 2.0 years. 3,784,835 people died; 15.2% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% 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

49.8

Women

50.8

Men

48.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

101.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

170.4

Deaths

3,784,835

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.6

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

386

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

349

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	100.01	116.82	50.8	48.8
1-4	19.61	20.83	55.0	53.7
5-9	7.23	6.53	55.4	54.2
10-14	3.89	3.55	52.3	50.9
15-19	4.62	4.55	48.3	46.8
20-24	5.61	6.62	44.4	42.8
25-29	6.57	7.00	40.6	39.2
30-34	7.49	7.57	36.8	35.5
35-39	8.58	8.64	33.1	31.8
40-44	9.71	10.58	29.5	28.1
45-49	10.81	12.93	25.8	24.4
50-54	13.73	16.94	22.1	20.9
55-59	18.60	22.49	18.5	17.5
60-64	27.89	32.31	15.1	14.3
65-69	42.94	47.47	11.9	11.4
70-74	68.11	73.63	9.2	8.8
75-79	105.71	113.97	6.9	6.6
80-84	163.56	175.31	5.1	4.8
85-89	238.67	262.91	3.8	3.5
90-94	341.23	382.45	2.8	2.5
95-99	453.80	507.13	2.2	1.9
100+	586.27	646.83	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2000

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