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

Mortality in Kenya, 2012

Kenya
2012
Life expectancy: 61.5
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Kenya was 61.5 years in 2012: 63.4 for women and 59.7 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 316,351 people died; 20.6% of them were 65 or older and 23.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
61.5
Women
63.4
Men
59.7
Life expectancy at 65
13.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
36.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
50.6
Deaths
316,351
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.2
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
378
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
313
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012'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
034.2941.8963.459.7
1-43.513.6764.661.2
5-91.041.1961.458.1
10-140.901.0356.853.5
15-191.631.9852.048.7
20-242.683.3447.444.2
25-293.964.6443.039.9
30-345.376.3238.835.7
35-397.138.6234.831.8
40-448.9511.2531.028.1
45-4911.3614.6427.324.6
50-5414.6819.1323.721.2
55-5919.1024.8220.318.1
60-6426.5934.4217.115.2
65-6937.1246.2914.212.6
70-7450.6562.2111.610.2
75-7969.9886.739.28.0
80-84102.87127.837.06.1
85-89161.06192.165.24.5
90-94237.64275.383.83.4
95-99336.89377.602.82.6
100+458.86495.762.22.0