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

Mortality in Kenya, 2011

Kenya
2011
Life expectancy: 61.3
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 61.3 years in 2011: 63.1 for women and 59.5 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 311,067 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 25.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
61.3
Women
63.1
Men
59.5
Life expectancy at 65
13.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
37.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
52.3
Deaths
311,067
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
380
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
317
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011'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
035.2442.9463.159.5
1-43.693.8664.361.1
5-91.091.2461.258.0
10-140.931.0656.553.4
15-191.702.0151.848.6
20-242.803.3947.244.1
25-294.144.7142.839.8
30-345.596.4138.735.7
35-397.368.7334.731.8
40-449.1511.3630.928.1
45-4911.5014.7227.224.6
50-5414.7619.1823.721.2
55-5919.0924.8120.318.1
60-6426.4934.3617.115.2
65-6936.9846.2314.212.6
70-7450.6362.2611.510.2
75-7970.2987.019.28.0
80-84103.55128.377.06.1
85-89161.89192.845.14.5
90-94238.60276.123.83.4
95-99337.92378.422.82.6
100+459.86496.552.22.0