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

Mortality in Kenya, 2002

Kenya
2002
Life expectancy: 56.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 56.8 years in 2002: 57.6 for women and 55.8 for men, a gap of 1.8 years. 311,132 people died; 15.8% of them were 65 or older and 34.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
56.8
Women
57.6
Men
55.8
Life expectancy at 65
13.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
58.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
85.2
Deaths
311,132
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
403
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
387
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002'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
055.1766.4157.655.8
1-47.047.6359.858.6
5-91.922.1957.556.4
10-141.551.6553.052.0
15-192.602.6848.447.4
20-244.304.3544.043.0
25-296.365.7939.938.9
30-348.307.5436.134.9
35-3910.389.8732.531.2
40-4412.1012.3829.127.6
45-4914.2315.5025.824.2
50-5417.5019.8122.521.0
55-5921.9225.2019.317.9
60-6429.9834.8916.314.9
65-6941.3547.3313.512.3
70-7455.7764.6611.09.9
75-7975.9990.948.87.8
80-84110.06133.736.75.9
85-89170.00199.665.04.4
90-94248.10283.703.73.3
95-99348.47387.122.82.5
100+470.92507.362.12.0