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

Mortality in Kenya, 1981

Kenya
1981
Life expectancy: 59.6
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 59.6 years in 1981: 61.4 for women and 57.8 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 157,412 people died; 14.3% of them were 65 or older and 52.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
59.6
Women
61.4
Men
57.8
Life expectancy at 65
13.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
69.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
106.1
Deaths
157,412
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
298
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
234
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981'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
067.6879.3461.457.8
1-49.7410.2764.661.4
5-92.552.7163.159.9
10-141.711.8058.955.7
15-192.182.5054.451.2
20-242.833.5850.046.8
25-293.394.0645.742.6
30-343.984.7641.438.4
35-394.815.9437.234.3
40-445.847.5733.030.2
45-497.179.9128.926.3
50-549.7013.6424.922.5
55-5913.3318.6521.018.9
60-6420.4427.5117.315.5
65-6931.9341.0213.812.4
70-7451.8663.3410.89.7
75-7981.8197.298.27.4
80-84126.07147.216.25.5
85-89189.56216.474.64.1
90-94270.63301.763.43.1
95-99372.60406.082.62.4
100+494.17522.662.01.9