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

Jordan

1999

Life expectancy: 71.7

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Jordan

Life expectancy at birth in Jordan was 71.7 years in 1999: 73.8 for women and 69.9 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 19,860 people died; 38.1% of them were 65 or older and 22.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

71.7

Women

73.8

Men

69.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

23.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.6

Deaths

19,860

Deaths per 1,000 people

3.8

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

157

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

109

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	21.07	26.05	73.8	69.9
1-4	1.15	1.15	74.4	70.8
5-9	0.38	0.57	70.7	67.1
10-14	0.31	0.47	65.9	62.3
15-19	0.51	0.90	61.0	57.4
20-24	0.72	1.25	56.1	52.7
25-29	0.89	1.25	51.3	48.0
30-34	1.10	1.40	46.5	43.3
35-39	1.48	1.83	41.8	38.5
40-44	2.13	2.77	37.0	33.9
45-49	3.31	4.60	32.4	29.3
50-54	5.05	7.57	27.9	24.9
55-59	7.82	12.63	23.6	20.8
60-64	12.58	20.20	19.4	17.0
65-69	21.69	32.46	15.5	13.5
70-74	37.94	52.54	11.9	10.4
75-79	65.94	84.96	8.9	7.8
80-84	114.81	138.07	6.4	5.6
85-89	185.52	220.23	4.6	4.0
90-94	285.73	349.41	3.2	2.7
95-99	436.36	494.48	2.2	2.0
100+	595.34	652.40	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Jordan by year

Mortality in Jordan, 1999

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