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

China

1988

Life expectancy: 67.6

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Life expectancy at birth in China was 67.6 years in 1988: 70.1 for women and 65.2 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 7,756,967 people died; 43.8% of them were 65 or older and 18.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

67.6

Women

70.1

Men

65.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

40.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

53.9

Deaths

7,756,967

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.0

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

200

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

131

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	39.75	44.67	70.1	65.2
1-4	3.45	3.38	71.9	67.2
5-9	1.41	1.55	68.9	64.0
10-14	0.89	1.39	64.4	59.5
15-19	0.85	1.39	59.6	54.9
20-24	1.16	1.82	54.9	50.3
25-29	1.33	2.10	50.2	45.7
30-34	1.51	2.38	45.5	41.2
35-39	1.87	2.83	40.8	36.6
40-44	2.78	4.19	36.2	32.1
45-49	3.86	6.03	31.7	27.7
50-54	6.15	9.81	27.2	23.5
55-59	8.59	13.95	23.0	19.6
60-64	15.25	24.27	18.9	15.8
65-69	24.98	38.23	15.2	12.5
70-74	40.95	61.58	11.9	9.6
75-79	66.10	96.23	9.0	7.2
80-84	111.95	158.39	6.5	5.1
85-89	177.77	249.37	4.6	3.6
90-94	295.47	402.15	3.1	2.4
95-99	466.98	667.81	2.1	1.5
100+	643.87	1001.30	1.6	1.0

Mortality in China by year

Mortality in China, 1988

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