Mortality in Kenya, 2001

Kenya
2001
Life expectancy: 56.5
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 56.5 years in 2001: 57.3 for women and 55.7 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 306,981 people died; 15.7% of them were 65 or older and 36.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
56.5
Women
57.3
Men
55.7
Life expectancy at 65
12.9
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
60.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
90.0
Deaths
306,981
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
395
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
385
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
057.8669.6057.355.7
1-47.558.2959.658.6
5-92.082.3857.456.5
10-141.671.7653.052.2
15-192.732.8048.447.6
20-244.394.4444.043.2
25-296.325.6939.939.1
30-348.147.2136.135.2
35-3910.139.3232.531.4
40-4411.8811.7329.127.8
45-4914.0414.8325.724.3
50-5417.4219.2722.421.0
55-5922.0224.9119.217.8
60-6430.4134.9216.114.9
65-6942.1447.8813.412.2
70-7456.8365.6210.99.9
75-7977.0091.938.77.8
80-84110.80134.366.75.9
85-89170.90200.465.04.4
90-94249.14284.613.73.3
95-99349.59388.362.72.5
100+472.50509.712.12.0