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Mortality in Kenya, 1978

Kenya
1978
Life expectancy: 58.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 58.2 years in 1978: 60.2 for women and 56.4 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 154,912 people died; 13.4% of them were 65 or older and 53.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
58.2
Women
60.2
Men
56.4
Life expectancy at 65
13.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
75.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
117.5
Deaths
154,912
Deaths per 1,000 people
10.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
309
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
242
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978'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
074.0086.4960.256.4
1-411.2811.8963.760.4
5-92.903.0862.559.3
10-141.922.0058.455.1
15-192.382.7154.050.7
20-243.073.8649.646.3
25-293.664.3745.342.2
30-344.265.0941.138.0
35-395.076.3236.934.0
40-446.097.9632.830.0
45-497.3810.3228.726.1
50-549.9114.0724.722.3
55-5913.5719.0820.918.8
60-6420.8128.0517.115.4
65-6932.4941.7413.712.3
70-7452.7264.4210.79.6
75-7982.9298.868.27.3
80-84127.22149.296.15.5
85-89190.49219.074.64.1
90-94270.91304.543.43.1
95-99371.65409.002.62.4
100+490.44525.132.01.9