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

Mortality in India, 1981

India
1981
Life expectancy: 54.2
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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in India was 54.2 years in 1981: 54.2 for women and 54.2 for men, a gap of -0.0 years. 9,446,656 people died; 21.7% of them were 65 or older and 44.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
54.2
Women
54.2
Men
54.2
Life expectancy at 65
12.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
113.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
164.4
Deaths
9,446,656
Deaths per 1,000 people
13.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
303
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
271
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981'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
0124.56122.9054.254.2
1-416.6213.1160.260.1
5-94.713.7460.259.2
10-142.041.7556.555.3
15-193.222.3652.150.7
20-244.052.8947.946.3
25-294.193.2343.841.9
30-344.243.7539.737.6
35-394.774.9635.533.3
40-445.846.9231.329.0
45-497.7310.2427.124.9
50-5411.5515.0923.121.1
55-5917.6122.6419.317.6
60-6428.0534.8815.914.4
65-6940.8349.6812.911.6
70-7459.8271.4210.29.2
75-7990.85106.487.97.1
80-84130.25151.236.15.5
85-89186.65213.164.74.2
90-94259.20293.173.63.2
95-99350.22390.212.82.5
100+460.41502.282.22.0