Eastern Asia Mortality 2017: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 78.2 years in 2017: 81.4 for women and 75.3 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 12,195,521 people died; 72.6% of them were 65 or older and 1.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2017

Life expectancy at birth

78.2

Women

81.4

Men

75.3

Life expectancy at 65

18.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

7.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

9.0

Deaths

12,195,521

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

114

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2017's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2017

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	6.65	7.82	81.4	75.3
1-4	0.46	0.45	80.9	74.9
5-9	0.30	0.35	77.1	71.0
10-14	0.28	0.45	72.2	66.1
15-19	0.33	0.55	67.3	61.3
20-24	0.48	0.79	62.4	56.4
25-29	0.54	0.95	57.5	51.6
30-34	0.59	1.06	52.7	46.9
35-39	0.73	1.33	47.8	42.1
40-44	1.13	2.21	43.0	37.4
45-49	1.65	3.47	38.2	32.8
50-54	2.68	5.75	33.5	28.3
55-59	3.69	8.14	28.9	24.0
60-64	6.61	14.47	24.4	19.9
65-69	11.06	22.25	20.1	16.2
70-74	18.98	34.80	16.1	12.8
75-79	33.01	56.24	12.5	9.8
80-84	61.43	96.06	9.2	7.1
85-89	105.04	158.66	6.7	5.1
90-94	181.29	262.11	4.6	3.5
95-99	290.11	405.59	3.2	2.4
100+	435.20	512.14	2.3	2.0

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 2017

Year

Country