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