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

Mortality in Dominican Republic, 1998

Dominican Republic
1998
Life expectancy: 69.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Dominican Republic was 69.9 years in 1998: 73.2 for women and 66.8 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 46,334 people died; 35.2% of them were 65 or older and 20.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
69.9
Women
73.2
Men
66.8
Life expectancy at 65
16.9
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
40.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
45.8
Deaths
46,334
Deaths per 1,000 people
5.6
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
233
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
147
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.
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
036.4447.5773.266.8
1-41.211.4574.869.0
5-90.520.6571.265.3
10-140.450.6366.460.6
15-190.781.5561.555.7
20-241.162.8756.751.1
25-291.583.4752.146.8
30-342.034.2347.542.6
35-392.534.5942.938.5
40-443.285.5538.434.3
45-494.607.2534.030.2
50-546.499.5429.726.2
55-599.3013.8525.622.4
60-6414.1320.0321.718.8
65-6921.3529.3018.115.5
70-7431.7243.4014.912.6
75-7946.8563.8312.010.0
80-8468.8192.989.57.8
85-8999.97133.577.56.1
90-94143.05188.115.84.7
95-99199.95258.084.43.6
100+290.83356.343.42.8