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

Mortality in Kenya, 1962

Kenya
1962
Life expectancy: 50.1
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 50.1 years in 1962: 51.6 for women and 48.8 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 143,793 people died; 14.7% of them were 65 or older and 55.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
50.1
Women
51.6
Men
48.8
Life expectancy at 65
12.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
106.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
182.4
Deaths
143,793
Deaths per 1,000 people
17.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
381
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
329
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962'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
0106.92123.4551.648.8
1-421.9622.9156.254.1
5-95.295.4857.255.0
10-143.353.2953.751.5
15-193.914.0249.647.3
20-245.135.7545.543.2
25-296.166.5241.639.4
30-346.987.4737.835.6
35-397.948.9634.131.9
40-448.9710.7330.428.2
45-4910.1813.1326.624.7
50-5413.0717.0622.921.2
55-5917.2622.1319.317.8
60-6425.8931.7715.814.6
65-6939.6146.4912.611.7
70-7462.7571.049.89.1
75-7996.12107.957.56.9
80-84143.58160.925.75.2
85-89210.64233.484.23.9
90-94294.27320.303.23.0
95-99397.41425.972.52.3
100+516.05541.211.91.9