Afghanistan Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Afghanistan was 40.0 years in 1975: 40.8 for women and 39.3 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 311,723 people died; 9.7% of them were 65 or older and 56.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1975

Life expectancy at birth

40.0

Women

40.8

Men

39.3

Life expectancy at 65

10.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

183.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

274.4

Deaths

311,723

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.4

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

511

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

460

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1975's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1975

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	195.85	220.80	40.8	39.3
1-4	30.98	29.36	48.3	47.5
5-9	6.60	6.03	50.4	49.2
10-14	5.16	4.36	47.0	45.6
15-19	6.88	6.07	43.2	41.6
20-24	8.70	8.70	39.6	37.8
25-29	9.76	9.62	36.3	34.3
30-34	11.08	11.06	32.9	30.9
35-39	12.28	13.16	29.7	27.5
40-44	13.47	16.20	26.4	24.2
45-49	15.05	19.47	23.1	21.1
50-54	19.83	25.47	19.7	18.0
55-59	26.01	32.85	16.4	15.0
60-64	38.73	46.27	13.4	12.3
65-69	54.49	64.50	10.7	9.8
70-74	82.54	93.12	8.3	7.7
75-79	124.06	139.13	6.3	5.8
80-84	184.87	202.13	4.7	4.3
85-89	262.29	290.28	3.5	3.2
90-94	356.27	395.67	2.7	2.5
95-99	462.38	512.57	2.1	1.9
100+	576.87	630.88	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Afghanistan by year

Mortality in Afghanistan, 1975

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