Age in Roman Egypt

The following data are based on papyri with census returns found in Egypt and dateable to the first three centuries AD (11/12 AD - 257/258 AD) .These returns provide data on ordinary households, including servants and slaves. From the evidence of these papyri it can be assumed that there was every 14 years a census, starting in 33/34 and ending in 257/258. The few census papyri dating before 33/34 are a little bit obscure and do not necessarily come from a census.

Male life expectancy

age	village	town	total
0-4	24	26	50
5-9	16	26	42
10-14	7	16	23
15-19	13	23	36
20-24	13	18	31
25-29	14	12	26
30-34	16	19	35
35-39	10	6	16
40-44	12	6	18
45-49	13	11	24
50-54	4	6	10
55-59	11	3	14
60-64	3	3	6
65-69	5	2	7
70-74	6	3	9
75-79	2	0	2
80-84	0	1	1
all ages	169	181	350

Female life expectancy in Roman Egypt

age	village	town	total
0-4	28	8	36
5-9	18	18	36
10-14	24	14	38
15-19	21	11	32
20-24	15	20	35
25-29	13	17	30
30-34	18	6	24
35-39	22	9	31
40-44	9	9	18
45-49	11	3	14
50-54	13	5	18
55-59	4	2	6
60-64	6	1	7
65-69	3	1	4
70-74	5	2	7
75-79	1	0	1
all ages	211	126	337

Bagnall/Frier 1994: 75, 91