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

Côte d'Ivoire

1979

Life expectancy: 51.0

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Life expectancy at birth in Côte d'Ivoire was 51.0 years in 1979: 53.2 for women and 49.0 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 122,934 people died; 11.9% of them were 65 or older and 54.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

51.0

Women

53.2

Men

49.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

117.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

175.4

Deaths

122,934

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.6

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

383

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

312

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	115.72	139.89	53.2	49.0
1-4	16.01	18.30	58.6	55.1
5-9	4.15	4.66	58.3	55.2
10-14	2.76	2.95	54.5	51.4
15-19	3.39	3.86	50.2	47.2
20-24	4.41	5.55	46.1	43.0
25-29	5.27	6.29	42.0	39.2
30-34	6.07	7.24	38.1	35.3
35-39	7.11	8.75	34.2	31.5
40-44	8.33	10.66	30.3	27.8
45-49	9.84	13.32	26.5	24.2
50-54	12.92	17.57	22.7	20.7
55-59	17.36	23.13	19.0	17.4
60-64	26.17	33.36	15.5	14.2
65-69	40.32	48.96	12.4	11.3
70-74	64.52	74.78	9.5	8.8
75-79	100.14	113.61	7.2	6.7
80-84	151.37	169.54	5.4	5.0
85-89	223.59	245.87	4.0	3.7
90-94	314.11	337.52	3.0	2.8
95-99	425.19	448.29	2.3	2.2
100+	551.06	568.12	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Côte d'Ivoire by year

Mortality in Côte d'Ivoire, 1979

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