Lao People's Democratic Republic Mortality 2008: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 62.2 years in 2008: 64.7 for women and 59.9 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 50,406 people died; 32.1% of them were 65 or older and 25.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2008

Life expectancy at birth

62.2

Women

64.7

Men

59.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

74.7

Deaths

50,406

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.2

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

291

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

211

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2008's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2008

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	51.91	64.70	64.7	59.9
1-4	4.84	5.29	67.1	62.8
5-9	1.47	2.01	64.4	60.2
10-14	1.15	1.57	59.8	55.7
15-19	1.78	2.46	55.1	51.2
20-24	2.39	3.51	50.6	46.8
25-29	2.77	3.71	46.2	42.5
30-34	3.23	4.19	41.8	38.3
35-39	3.87	5.19	37.4	34.0
40-44	4.82	6.86	33.1	29.9
45-49	6.40	9.39	28.9	25.8
50-54	9.07	13.52	24.7	21.9
55-59	13.06	19.72	20.7	18.3
60-64	20.22	29.54	17.0	14.9
65-69	32.01	44.18	13.5	11.9
70-74	52.62	67.66	10.4	9.2
75-79	86.10	105.06	7.8	6.9
80-84	140.07	161.63	5.7	5.1
85-89	214.98	245.51	4.1	3.7
90-94	330.53	372.33	2.9	2.6
95-99	459.62	509.34	2.1	1.9
100+	607.35	654.41	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2008

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