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

Mortality in India, 2006

India
2006
Life expectancy: 65.4
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in India was 65.4 years in 2006: 66.9 for women and 64.0 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 8,995,890 people died; 38.7% of them were 65 or older and 21.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
65.4
Women
66.9
Men
64.0
Life expectancy at 65
13.9
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
54.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
70.6
Deaths
8,995,890
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
233
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
158
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
058.4656.0466.964.0
1-44.783.7369.866.6
5-91.601.4567.263.6
10-140.900.8862.759.0
15-191.631.4057.954.3
20-242.061.9553.449.6
25-292.012.4348.945.1
30-342.133.1244.440.6
35-392.404.0539.836.2
40-442.905.1335.331.9
45-494.407.7530.827.7
50-546.5011.1126.423.7
55-5910.2515.9522.219.9
60-6417.8525.2318.216.3
65-6929.0539.0614.713.2
70-7446.7457.9911.510.4
75-7970.0685.738.98.1
80-84112.42128.396.76.2
85-89173.41184.244.94.7
90-94250.28257.173.73.6
95-99349.57344.942.72.8
100+470.35453.582.12.2