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

Central Asia

1998

Life expectancy: 63.8

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Central Asia was 63.8 years in 1998: 68.0 for women and 59.8 for men, a gap of 8.2 years. 465,869 people died; 41.6% of them were 65 or older and 18.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

63.8

Women

68.0

Men

59.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

51.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

66.0

Deaths

465,869

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.4

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

332

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

167

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	47.06	60.74	68.0	59.8
1-4	3.42	4.09	70.2	62.5
5-9	0.57	0.79	67.2	59.5
10-14	0.46	0.73	62.3	54.7
15-19	0.78	1.43	57.5	49.9
20-24	1.25	2.54	52.7	45.2
25-29	1.57	3.41	48.0	40.8
30-34	1.89	4.26	43.4	36.4
35-39	2.47	6.00	38.8	32.2
40-44	3.45	8.57	34.2	28.1
45-49	5.25	12.68	29.7	24.2
50-54	7.72	16.80	25.5	20.6
55-59	12.19	24.90	21.4	17.2
60-64	18.52	35.41	17.5	14.1
65-69	29.16	50.38	14.0	11.3
70-74	48.64	74.01	10.8	8.9
75-79	81.98	111.01	8.1	6.8
80-84	131.02	165.60	5.9	5.1
85-89	203.36	242.02	4.3	3.8
90-94	300.28	339.40	3.1	2.8
95-99	436.18	458.95	2.2	2.1
100+	601.79	592.84	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Central Asia by year

Mortality in Central Asia, 1998

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