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

Mortality in India, 1983

India
1983
Life expectancy: 55.3
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-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in India was 55.3 years in 1983: 55.5 for women and 55.1 for men, a gap of 0.4 years. 9,418,132 people died; 23.0% of them were 65 or older and 43.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
55.3
Women
55.5
Men
55.1
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
108.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
154.8
Deaths
9,418,132
Deaths per 1,000 people
12.8
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
294
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
254
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983'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
0118.57116.1655.555.1
1-415.1811.8661.360.7
5-94.463.5261.059.6
10-141.891.6457.355.6
15-192.972.2052.951.0
20-243.672.6948.646.6
25-293.773.0244.542.2
30-343.843.5440.337.8
35-394.324.7036.033.4
40-445.336.6031.729.1
45-497.169.9027.525.0
50-5410.8414.7023.421.1
55-5916.7322.1819.617.6
60-6427.1634.5316.114.3
65-6939.7749.9313.011.5
70-7458.4372.5910.39.1
75-7989.19108.498.07.0
80-84128.46154.496.25.4
85-89185.06217.074.74.2
90-94256.53295.293.63.2
95-99346.09389.082.82.5
100+455.10497.692.22.0