Eastern Europe Mortality 2000: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Europe was 67.8 years in 2000: 73.7 for women and 62.3 for men, a gap of 11.4 years. 4,268,744 people died; 62.1% of them were 65 or older and 1.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2000

Life expectancy at birth

67.8

Women

73.7

Men

62.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

13.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

16.8

Deaths

4,268,744

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.0

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

368

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

131

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2000's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2000

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	11.84	15.46	73.7	62.3
1-4	0.73	0.90	73.6	62.3
5-9	0.29	0.44	69.8	58.5
10-14	0.29	0.52	64.9	53.6
15-19	0.55	1.71	60.0	48.7
20-24	0.81	3.41	55.1	44.1
25-29	1.03	3.88	50.3	39.8
30-34	1.35	4.87	45.6	35.6
35-39	1.97	7.17	40.9	31.4
40-44	2.86	10.37	36.3	27.4
45-49	4.23	14.36	31.7	23.8
50-54	6.18	19.49	27.4	20.3
55-59	9.12	26.41	23.1	17.1
60-64	14.52	38.25	19.1	14.2
65-69	23.06	50.06	15.3	11.7
70-74	39.25	71.16	11.9	9.3
75-79	67.02	101.42	8.9	7.2
80-84	113.32	149.89	6.5	5.5
85-89	182.26	218.83	4.6	4.1
90-94	279.23	309.05	3.3	3.1
95-99	399.14	415.27	2.4	2.4
100+	535.85	530.11	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Eastern Europe by year

Mortality in Eastern Europe, 2000

Year

Country