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Estimates of Crude Death Rate, Life Expectancy at Birth, and Infant Mortality Rate for ECA member States for selected dates since 1980

Estimations des taux bruts de mortalité, d'espérance de vie à la naissance et de mortalité infantile pour les Etats membres de la CEA , certaines dates depuis 1980

Country/Subregion
Pays/Sous-région

Year/ Année

Crude death rate/
Taux bruts de mortalité

Life Expectancy at birth/ Espérance de vie à la naissance

Infant Mortality rate/
Taux de Mortalité infantile

Males/ Hommes

Females/ Femmes

Total/ Totale

NORTHERN AFRICA/AFRIQUE DU NORD

Algeria/Algérie 1981 a/

9.5

61.1

62.2

61.6

84.7

1982 a/

9.1

...

...

...

...

1983 a/

8.8

61.6

63.3

63

82.4

1985 b/

8.4

62.7

64.2

...

78.3

1986 b/

7.3

...

...

...

70.7

1987 b/

7.0

65.8

66.3

...

64.4

1988 b/

6.5

...

...

...

60.4

1989 c/

6.0

...

...

...

58.1

1990 c/

6.0

...

...

...

57.8

1991 c/

6.0

...

...

...

56.9

1992 c/

6.1

...

...

...

55.4

Egypt/Egypte 1980 d/

10

54.1 b/

56.8 b/

...

76

1985 d/

9.1

...

...

...

...

1986 d/

9.4

...

...

...

...

1987 d/

9.2

...

...

...

45.1

1984/88 e/

...

...

...

...

73

1989 f/

8.0

...

...

...

39.8

1990 f/

...

...

...

...

37.8

1991 f/

...

62.9

66.4

...

...

1992 f/

7.7

...

...

...

...

Morocco/Maroc 1982/86 g/

...

...

...

...

73.3

Sudan/Soudan 1983 h/

...

53

55

54

80

1985/90 h/

...

...

...

...

69.9

Tunisia/Tunisie 1982 i/

7.3

...

...

60

90

1983/87 j/

...

...

...

...

50

WESTERN AFRICA/AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST

Benin/Bénin 1977/82 j/

...

...

...

...

108

1979/84 b/

19.5

44

46.6

45.4

120

1980 c/

20.6

...

...

...

...

1990 c/

17.0

...

...

...

101

Burkina Faso 1991 c/

16.4

...

...

52.2

115

Cape Verde/Cape Vert 1980 k/

7.7

59

61

60.1

71.4

1985 d/

8.2

...

...

...

68.3

1988 c/

13.0

53.9

57.3

55.6

97

1990 f/

7.3

63.5

71.3

...

65.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Côte d'Ivoire 1976/80 j/

...

...

...

...

113

1988 c/

13.0

53.9

57.3

55.6

97

Gambia/Gambie 1983 l/

21.2

...

...

42

167

1992 m/

21

41

44

...

120

Ghana 1978/82 j/

...

...

...

...

86

1983/87 n/

16-17

...

...

...

77.2

Guinea/Guinée 1983 o/

18.1

43.2

45.7

45.1

146

1992 c/

17.1

...

...

47.5

146

Guinea Bissau/Guinée Bissau 1979/81 i/

21

...

...

42

200

Liberia/Libéria 1984 p/

...

...

...

53

127

1981/86 p/

...

...

...

...

144

Mali 1982/86 j/

...

...

...

...

108

1987 f/

...

55.2

58.7

...

108

Niger 1988 c/

20

...

...

47.0

134-154

1992 c/

19

 

 

48

123

Senegal/Sénégal 1981/85 j/

...

...

...

...

86

1982/83 i/

19

47

49

48

116.6

1986 q/

...

...

...

...

86.4

1988 c/

17

...

...

54

...

Sierra Leone 1985 c/

21.1

...

...

...

193

1990 c/

23

...

...

...

153

Togo 1978/82 j/

...

...

...

...

87

1978/88 r/

...

...

...

...

83.2

1981 b/

16.9

49.2

51.3

50.2

121.3

1983/88 j/

...

...

...

...

80

1991 c/

13

...

...

...

...

MIDDLE AFRICA/ AFRIQUE CENTRALE

Chad/Tchad 1993 c/

19.1

...

...

...

...

Cameroon/Cameroun 1987 b/

13.8

51.3

55.4

53.4

88

Central African Republic/ République Centrafricaine 1988 s/

16.7

47.7

50.6

48.9

145

Congo 1984 c/

14.0

 

 

51.0

100

Equatorial Guinea/
Guinée Equatoriale
1983 t/

19

44.9

47.8

46.3

120

Gabon 1988 u/

15.7

54

58

...

99

1979/83 b/

...

62.5

65.4

63.9

51.2

1985 d/

9.8

...

...

...

65.5

Sao Tome and Principe /a Sao Tomé et Principe /a 1986 d/

11.4

...

...

...

73.5

1987 d/

9.1

...

...

...

56.2

1988 d/

11.4

...

...

...

70

1989 f/

10.4

...

...

...

71.9

1990 c/

9.9

...

...

...

...

Zaïre (DRC/RDC) 1984 v/

16.8

45

48

47

137

EASTERN AFRICA/AFRIQUE DE L'EST

Burundi 1982/86 w/

...

...

...

...

75

Comoros/Comores 1980 x/

15.7

54.2

53.9

54

122

1990 c/

15.1

...

...

55

116

Djibouti 1991 c/

17-18

...

...

50

...

Ethiopia/Ethiopie 1980/81 i/

18.4

45

47

46

144

1984 y/

8.7

50.8

53

...

110

Kenya 1979/83 z/

...

...

...

...

58

1984/89 z/

...

...

...

...

60

1989 c/

...

...

...

59

69

Madagascar 1984 c/

20.7

49.5

51.1

...

120

1988-92 c/

14.5

54.7

56.9

55

93

Malawi 1980/83 j/

...

...

...

...

105

1992 c/

14.0

...

...

45

134

1992/97 f/

...

43.5

46.8

...

...

Mauritius/Maurice 1982/84 b/

6.6

64.4

71.2

...

26.1

1984/86 b/

...

64.5

71.9

...

...

1985 d/

6.8

...

...

...

24.2

1986 d/

6.7

...

...

...

26.3

1987 d/

6.6

...

...

...

24.2

1988 d/

6.6

...

...

...

22.1

1989 d/

6.7

...

...

...

21.7

1990 f/

6.7

65.6

73.4

...

20.1

1991 f/

6.6

...

...

...

18.1

1992 f/

6.5

66.2

73.9

...

18.5

Mozambique 1980 c/

20.7

...

...

43.6

...

1991 c/

...

...

...

49

125

Rwanda 1983 c/

18

...

...

...

...

1991 c/

14

...

...

...

...

Seychelles 1980 Aa/

7

66.2

73.5

17.5

17.5

1985 Aa/

7.2

66.1

73.5

17.9

17.9

1981/85 f/

...

65.3

74.1

...

...

1986 d/

7.6

...

...

...

17.4

1987 d/

7.6

...

...

...

18.4

1988 d/

7.6

...

...

...

17

1989 d/

8.4

...

...

...

18.1

1990 f/

7.8

...

...

...

...

1991 f/

7.7

...

...

...

...

1992 f/

7.4

...

...

...

...

Uganda/Ouganda 1980 Ab/

17.9

44.9

47

46

131

1983/88 Ac/

...

...

...

...

101.2

1991 c/

22

43.7

45.0

...

122

Tanzania/ République Unie de Tanzanie 1988 Ad/

15.0

49.0

51.0

50

115

Zambia/Zambie 1980 c/

16.7

50.4

52.5

...

97

1988 c/

14.0

52.0

55.0

...

...

1992 c/

...

...

...

...

107

Zimbabwe 1982 Ae/

19.4 c/

57.0

59.0

58.0

55 C/

1986 Ae/

...

61.0

61.0

61.0

64.0

1990 Ae/

...

58.0

62.0

61.0

66.0

1992 Ae/

9.5

...

...

...

61

SOUTHERN AFRICA/ AFRIQUE DU SUD

Botswana 1981 b/

13.9

52.3

59.7

56.3

71

1983/88 Af/

...

...

...

...

37

Namibia/Namibie 1981 c/

...

60.7

63.2

61.9

...

1990/95 c/

...

62.8

65.1

63.4

...

Lesotho 1986 c/

12

54.0

56.7

...

85

1992 m/

12

54.0

56.7

...

85

Swaziland 1986 c/

13

52.8

59.9

56.3

98.9

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a/ République Algérien Démocratique et Populaire, Conference International sur la population, Mexico 1984, Monographie d'Algèrie.
b/ Communications between the National Bureau of Statistics and ECA Population Division.
c/ Country Statement presented at the Fourth International Conference on Population and Development, 5-13 September 19954, Cairo.
d/ United Nations, Demographic Yearbook 1989, New York, 1991.
e/ Egypt National Population Council, Egypt Demographic and Health Survey 1988, Oct. 1989.
f/ United Nations, Demographic Yearbook 1993, New York, 1995.
g/ Maroc Ministere de la Santé Publique, Enquête Nationale sur la Planification Familiale, la Fécondité et la Santé de la Population au Maroc(ENPS) 1987, Mars 1989.
h/ Sudan, Sudan Demographic and health Survey 1989/90, DHS, Institute for Resource Development/Macro International, May 1991.
i/ UNECA, Second African Population Conference: Country Statements, Vol. 3., Addis Ababa, 1984.
j/ United Nations, Child Mortality since the 1960s, A Database for Developing Countries, New York, 1992.
k/ United Nations, Demographic Yearbook 1985, New York, 1987.
l/ Central Statistics Division, Population and Housing Census 1983, General Report Vol.I: Administrative and Analytical Procedures, Banjul, Oct. 1987.
m/ Economic Commission for Africa, Third African Population Conference, Volume II: Country Reports, Second Part, Addis Ababa, 1994.
n/ Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Demogarphic and Health Survey 1988, Accra, Sept. 1989.
o/ République de Guinée, Document de base de politique de Population pour la Guinée, Conakry, Oct. 1991.
p/ Liberia, Liberia Demographic and Health Survey 1986, DHS, Institute for Resource Development/Westinghouse, Feb., 1988.
q/ Sénégal Ministere de l'Economie et des Finances, Enquête Démographique et de Santé au Sénégal 1986, Mars 1988.
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