Ethiopia Mortality 2000: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Ethiopia was 50.9 years in 2000: 51.6 for women and 50.2 for men, a gap of 1.4 years. 989,649 people died; 13.6% of them were 65 or older and 42.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2000

Life expectancy at birth

50.9

Women

51.6

Men

50.2

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

87.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

140.8

Deaths

989,649

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.7

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

386

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

366

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	83.12	102.44	51.6	50.2
1-4	14.28	16.00	54.9	54.5
5-9	9.03	7.26	54.1	53.9
10-14	4.58	3.96	51.4	50.9
15-19	5.15	4.86	47.6	46.8
20-24	6.01	6.97	43.8	42.9
25-29	7.02	7.34	40.0	39.3
30-34	8.09	7.82	36.3	35.7
35-39	9.25	8.78	32.7	32.0
40-44	10.39	10.57	29.2	28.4
45-49	11.42	12.76	25.6	24.8
50-54	14.34	16.61	22.0	21.2
55-59	19.41	21.72	18.4	17.9
60-64	28.58	31.06	15.0	14.6
65-69	43.80	45.79	11.9	11.6
70-74	68.46	70.80	9.2	9.0
75-79	104.60	108.78	7.0	6.8
80-84	160.79	167.57	5.2	5.0
85-89	234.48	253.32	3.8	3.6
90-94	343.86	382.13	2.8	2.5
95-99	461.47	518.68	2.1	1.9
100+	594.14	660.42	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Ethiopia by year

Mortality in Ethiopia, 2000

Year

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