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

Central Asia

1978

Life expectancy: 61.1

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-5 -1 1978 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Central Asia was 61.1 years in 1978: 65.0 for women and 57.1 for men, a gap of 7.9 years. 394,517 people died; 35.4% of them were 65 or older and 30.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

61.1

Women

65.0

Men

57.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

98.3

Deaths

394,517

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.0

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

317

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

171

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	70.02	87.16	65.0	57.1
1-4	6.03	7.00	68.7	61.2
5-9	0.81	2.05	66.3	58.9
10-14	0.69	1.59	61.6	54.5
15-19	1.08	2.59	56.8	49.9
20-24	1.48	3.78	52.1	45.5
25-29	1.78	4.22	47.4	41.3
30-34	2.14	4.73	42.8	37.2
35-39	2.69	5.95	38.3	33.0
40-44	3.66	7.87	33.7	28.9
45-49	5.14	10.33	29.3	25.0
50-54	7.61	14.75	25.0	21.2
55-59	11.84	21.74	20.9	17.6
60-64	19.13	32.65	17.0	14.3
65-69	30.86	48.52	13.4	11.4
70-74	53.30	73.72	10.3	8.8
75-79	89.40	111.68	7.6	6.7
80-84	143.95	169.82	5.6	5.0
85-89	221.62	251.94	4.0	3.6
90-94	320.23	351.52	3.0	2.7
95-99	431.41	472.22	2.3	2.1
100+	571.76	634.56	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Central Asia by year

Mortality in Central Asia, 1978

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