Western Africa Mortality 2009: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Western Africa

2009

Life expectancy: 54.0

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

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-5 -1 2009 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Africa was 54.0 years in 2009: 54.8 for women and 53.2 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 3,962,324 people died; 17.4% of them were 65 or older and 40.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2009

Life expectancy at birth

54.0

Women

54.8

Men

53.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

80.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

126.5

Deaths

3,962,324

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.7

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

352

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

322

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2009's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2009

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	78.30	92.12	54.8	53.2
1-4	12.51	13.31	58.2	57.2
5-9	6.32	5.30	57.1	56.2
10-14	3.34	3.01	53.8	52.6
15-19	4.02	3.93	49.7	48.4
20-24	4.90	5.70	45.7	44.3
25-29	5.80	6.06	41.7	40.5
30-34	6.67	6.65	37.9	36.7
35-39	7.67	7.61	34.1	32.8
40-44	8.74	9.32	30.3	29.0
45-49	9.88	11.53	26.6	25.3
50-54	12.72	15.40	22.8	21.6
55-59	17.22	20.53	19.1	18.1
60-64	25.79	29.86	15.6	14.8
65-69	39.87	44.28	12.4	11.8
70-74	63.36	68.73	9.6	9.1
75-79	99.08	106.89	7.2	6.8
80-84	155.22	165.81	5.3	5.0
85-89	229.55	250.75	3.9	3.6
90-94	333.43	372.53	2.9	2.6
95-99	451.52	503.59	2.2	2.0
100+	587.17	645.87	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Western Africa by year

Mortality in Western Africa, 2009

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