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

Jordan

1972

Life expectancy: 62.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Jordan was 62.5 years in 1972: 63.6 for women and 61.5 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 14,816 people died; 25.3% of them were 65 or older and 44.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

62.5

Women

63.6

Men

61.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

59.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

81.3

Deaths

14,816

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.6

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

257

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

215

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	61.05	64.38	63.6	61.5
1-4	6.35	5.24	66.5	64.5
5-9	1.51	1.61	64.2	61.8
10-14	1.21	1.24	59.6	57.3
15-19	1.83	2.02	55.0	52.6
20-24	2.46	2.88	50.5	48.2
25-29	2.85	3.00	46.0	43.8
30-34	3.32	3.38	41.7	39.4
35-39	3.96	4.24	37.3	35.1
40-44	4.92	5.73	33.0	30.8
45-49	6.51	8.13	28.8	26.6
50-54	9.20	12.01	24.6	22.6
55-59	13.22	18.03	20.7	18.8
60-64	20.44	27.37	16.9	15.3
65-69	32.28	41.54	13.5	12.2
70-74	52.98	64.34	10.4	9.5
75-79	86.54	100.68	7.8	7.1
80-84	140.56	156.59	5.6	5.2
85-89	215.42	240.18	4.1	3.7
90-94	330.79	367.59	2.9	2.6
95-99	459.50	506.27	2.1	2.0
100+	606.87	654.19	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Jordan by year

Mortality in Jordan, 1972

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