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

Mortality in Kenya, 2006

Kenya
2006
Life expectancy: 59.1
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 59.1 years in 2006: 60.2 for women and 57.8 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 307,153 people died; 17.5% of them were 65 or older and 30.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
59.1
Women
60.2
Men
57.8
Life expectancy at 65
13.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
47.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
66.9
Deaths
307,153
Deaths per 1,000 people
8.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
390
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
357
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2006'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
044.1953.3960.257.8
1-45.085.5261.959.9
5-91.441.6859.157.2
10-141.211.3554.652.7
15-192.142.3549.948.0
20-243.583.8745.443.6
25-295.345.2241.239.4
30-347.106.9037.235.4
35-399.099.1933.531.5
40-4410.8811.7429.927.9
45-4913.1314.9726.424.4
50-5416.3619.3823.021.1
55-5920.6924.9419.818.0
60-6428.3134.6316.715.0
65-6939.1946.8913.812.4
70-7453.2363.6911.310.0
75-7973.3089.269.07.9
80-84107.12131.346.96.0
85-89166.35196.615.04.5
90-94243.84280.323.73.3
95-99343.73383.162.82.5
100+465.64501.402.22.0