The bar graphs illustrate the mortality rates by age and sex in Africa during three time periods: 1950, 1980, and 2010.
Overall, the most noticeable trend is that the age group of 61 and above consistently showed the highest mortality percentage, while the death rate for males is generally higher than that for females throughout all time periods.
In the chart representing the mortality rates by age, there was a reduction in the overall mortality rate from 1950 to 2010. An important point in this chart is that the ranking order of age groups remained the same over the time periods. Specifically, the group aged 61 and above is ranked first, followed by those aged 41 to 50 in second place, and closely followed by the group aged between 0 and 20 in all time periods.
Conversely, the section discussing gender reveals that the overall mortality percentage for males is higher than that for females. Notably, while the percentage difference between males and females in 1950 was approximately 10 percent, by 2010, this difference had decreased to a negligible 1 percent. Despite this, the mortality rate for males remains higher. It is worth noting that the percentage of male mortality decreased sharply over time, whereas the decline in female mortality was more gradual.