South Africa | Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Data from United Nations Population Division's World Populaton Prospects are originally 5-year period data and the presented are linearly interpolated by the World Bank for annual series. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Where reliable age-specific mortality data are available, life tables can be constructed from age-specific mortality data, and adult mortality rates can be calculated from life tables.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
1960 320.929
1961 314.063
1962 310.34
1963 306.862
1964 302.314
1965 297.05
1966 292.691
1967 287.453
1968 283.838
1969 278.413
1970 272.609
1971 267.082
1972 262.841
1973 256.994
1974 251.635
1975 246.405
1976 240.245
1977 234.174
1978 228.132
1979 225.384
1980 223.303
1981 218.65
1982 216.151
1983 213.111
1984 214.052
1985 212.607
1986 206.772
1987 211.032
1988 205.76
1989 211.928
1990 206.615
1991 205.508
1992 204.118
1993 208.24
1994 221.265
1995 228.505
1996 255.787
1997 277.359
1998 298.727
1999 318.509
2000 342.423
2001 370.311
2002 407.094
2003 436.005
2004 453.713
2005 460.982
2006 459.37
2007 443.684
2008 424.313
2009 402.427
2010 374.173
2011 346.302
2012 320.819
2013 304.887
2014 286.397
2015 277.004
2016 264.877
2017 255.495
2018 246.989
2019 236.101
2020 256.616
2021 294.817
2022
South Africa | Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Data from United Nations Population Division's World Populaton Prospects are originally 5-year period data and the presented are linearly interpolated by the World Bank for annual series. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Where reliable age-specific mortality data are available, life tables can be constructed from age-specific mortality data, and adult mortality rates can be calculated from life tables.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source