The bar graphs illustrate the mortality rate by age and sex in Africa in the three of time periods: in 1950, 1980, and 2010.
Overall, the most noticeable trend is that the age group of 61 and above showed the highest mortality percentage, while the death rate of male is generally higher than the female’s over the whole time periods.
In the chart representing the mortality rate by age, the entire mortality rate was reduced from 1950 to 2010. The most noteworthy fact in this chart is the ranking order of the age groups over the time periods remained same. To illustrate, the age group of 61 and above is placed first, the age from 41 to 50 is second, closely followed by the group whose age range is between 0 and 20 in every time periods.
On the other hand, the section in terms of gender, described the general morality percentage of male is higher than female’s death rate. Nevertheless, while the percentage difference between male and female in 1950 was about 10 percent, in 2010, there was an extremely slight about just 1 percent between them. Notwithstanding, the male’s mortality rate is still higher. Notably, the percentage of male decreased as time went by with the steep rate, whereas the female’s mortality slightly declined over the time.