Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in Asia, 2012

Asia
2012
Life expectancy: 72.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Asia was 72.0 years in 2012: 74.6 for women and 69.7 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 29,292,630 people died; 53.9% of them were 65 or older and 10.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
72.0
Women
74.6
Men
69.7
Life expectancy at 65
16.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
30.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
38.1
Deaths
29,292,630
Deaths per 1,000 people
6.8
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
170
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
104
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
029.9532.0874.669.7
1-42.111.9275.870.9
5-90.750.8472.467.4
10-140.560.6867.762.7
15-190.831.0962.957.9
20-241.001.4658.153.2
25-291.081.6653.448.6
30-341.232.0148.744.0
35-391.542.5844.039.4
40-442.033.5439.334.9
45-492.925.1634.730.4
50-544.688.1130.126.2
55-596.5611.7425.822.2
60-6410.8018.4521.618.3
65-6918.2528.3117.614.9
70-7429.8044.4414.111.7
75-7948.1868.6910.99.0
80-8479.95109.458.26.7
85-89126.69170.606.04.9
90-94202.99266.054.33.5
95-99310.18378.363.02.6
100+446.45468.082.22.1