South Africa | Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male 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, male (per 1,000 male adults)
409.632 1960
406.773 1961
405.387 1962
404.31 1963
402.009 1964
399.317 1965
399.253 1966
399.223 1967
397.35 1968
394.561 1969
390.798 1970
387.788 1971
386.222 1972
380.425 1973
377.381 1974
374.532 1975
369.009 1976
364.761 1977
360.214 1978
356.877 1979
353.012 1980
349.383 1981
343.027 1982
338.359 1983
333.195 1984
329.022 1985
326.368 1986
327.494 1987
331.261 1988
336.404 1989
346.736 1990
361.68 1991
362.518 1992
374.247 1993
380.118 1994
384.63 1995
408.419 1996
420.179 1997
434.464 1998
448.28 1999
472.925 2000
489.674 2001
514.914 2002
539.331 2003
543.768 2004
544.067 2005
545.462 2006
539.73 2007
526.715 2008
509.691 2009
482.722 2010
457.707 2011
432.358 2012
419.532 2013
403.001 2014
392.511 2015
381.398 2016
369.708 2017
360.378 2018
341.836 2019
353.927 2020
399.441 2021
2022
South Africa | Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male 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