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

Mortality in Iraq, 1974

Iraq
1974
Life expectancy: 61.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Iraq was 61.0 years in 1974: 65.1 for women and 57.1 for men, a gap of 8.0 years. 114,731 people died; 27.2% of them were 65 or older and 39.7% 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
65.1
Men
57.1
Life expectancy at 65
13.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
72.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
94.7
Deaths
114,731
Deaths per 1,000 people
10.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
331
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
177
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974'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
070.8882.0365.157.1
1-46.006.2068.860.9
5-90.951.7366.458.4
10-140.781.3661.753.9
15-191.213.2456.949.2
20-241.696.0052.345.0
25-291.986.1847.741.3
30-342.356.1443.137.5
35-392.966.6538.633.6
40-443.947.8834.229.6
45-495.4710.1829.825.7
50-547.8413.9225.521.9
55-5911.4720.1021.518.3
60-6417.8529.4517.615.0
65-6929.0443.8814.011.9
70-7448.6366.9410.79.3
75-7980.80102.988.07.0
80-84134.57160.695.85.1
85-89210.65249.624.13.6
90-94330.78384.082.92.5
95-99465.98532.012.11.9
100+619.92692.671.61.4