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

Mortality in India, 1976

India
1976
Life expectancy: 51.3
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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in India was 51.3 years in 1976: 50.9 for women and 51.7 for men, a gap of -0.8 years. 9,499,653 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 46.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
51.3
Women
50.9
Men
51.7
Life expectancy at 65
12.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
127.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
189.6
Deaths
9,499,653
Deaths per 1,000 people
15.2
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
326
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
316
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976'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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0139.08141.0350.951.7
1-420.5116.8457.258.3
5-95.184.1957.958.2
10-142.491.9754.454.4
15-193.932.7950.149.9
20-245.053.4746.045.6
25-295.373.8942.141.3
30-345.474.4138.237.1
35-396.185.7334.232.9
40-447.307.7730.228.7
45-499.3611.0726.224.8
50-5413.4715.9822.321.0
55-5919.8123.4918.717.6
60-6430.0535.2615.414.4
65-6943.4249.3512.511.7
70-7463.7070.129.99.3
75-7995.81104.057.77.2
80-84137.18147.375.95.6
85-89195.63209.494.54.2
90-94273.55294.943.43.2
95-99371.10399.342.62.4
100+486.19519.022.11.9