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

Mortality in India, 1996

India
1996
Life expectancy: 61.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in India was 61.0 years in 1996: 61.9 for women and 60.2 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 9,180,936 people died; 30.2% of them were 65 or older and 32.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
61.0
Women
61.9
Men
60.2
Life expectancy at 65
13.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
78.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
105.4
Deaths
9,180,936
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
256
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
203
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996'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
084.5481.2761.960.2
1-48.496.5666.264.2
5-92.812.2464.461.9
10-141.281.1260.357.6
15-192.161.6355.752.9
20-242.742.1551.348.3
25-292.812.6046.943.8
30-342.853.1742.639.3
35-393.104.0838.134.9
40-443.805.4633.730.6
45-495.518.3129.326.4
50-548.6512.6125.022.4
55-5913.6118.9921.018.7
60-6422.0029.8117.315.3
65-6933.8144.8514.012.3
70-7451.4465.2711.29.8
75-7977.1396.398.77.6
80-84115.21140.416.75.8
85-89169.16199.555.04.4
90-94240.58276.993.83.4
95-99332.32369.932.92.6
100+446.41480.952.22.1