Ethiopia Mortality 1959: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 39.2 years in 1959: 42.8 for women and 35.8 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 504,434 people died; 10.2% of them were 65 or older and 53.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1959

Life expectancy at birth

39.2

Women

42.8

Men

35.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

169.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

286.5

Deaths

504,434

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.2

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

526

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

382

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1959's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1959

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	171.78	210.51	42.8	35.8
1-4	36.62	40.29	49.6	42.9
5-9	9.55	13.39	53.1	46.0
10-14	5.18	6.81	50.5	44.0
15-19	5.48	7.56	46.8	40.4
20-24	6.37	10.69	43.0	36.9
25-29	7.45	11.34	39.3	33.8
30-34	8.60	12.12	35.7	30.6
35-39	9.84	13.80	32.2	27.3
40-44	10.98	16.66	28.7	24.1
45-49	12.03	19.99	25.2	21.0
50-54	15.01	24.76	21.6	17.9
55-59	20.35	32.32	18.0	15.0
60-64	29.90	44.60	14.7	12.2
65-69	45.66	64.12	11.7	9.6
70-74	71.24	99.07	9.0	7.3
75-79	108.43	149.25	6.8	5.4
80-84	166.08	226.19	5.1	3.9
85-89	241.04	346.36	3.8	2.8
90-94	351.86	479.90	2.7	2.1
95-99	469.84	621.85	2.1	1.6
100+	600.82	757.63	1.7	1.3

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 1959

Year

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