Lao People's Democratic Republic Mortality 2016: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 67.0 years in 2016: 69.3 for women and 64.9 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 49,749 people died; 45.1% of them were 65 or older and 17.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2016

Life expectancy at birth

67.0

Women

69.3

Men

64.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

40.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

51.0

Deaths

49,749

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

220

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

156

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2016's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2016

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	36.54	46.87	69.3	64.9
1-4	2.69	2.89	70.8	67.0
5-9	0.74	1.14	67.6	63.7
10-14	0.60	0.91	62.8	59.1
15-19	0.96	1.56	58.0	54.3
20-24	1.34	2.22	53.2	49.7
25-29	1.60	2.26	48.6	45.3
30-34	1.92	2.53	44.0	40.7
35-39	2.45	3.24	39.4	36.2
40-44	3.31	4.54	34.8	31.8
45-49	4.79	6.79	30.3	27.4
50-54	7.06	10.40	26.0	23.3
55-59	10.55	16.18	21.9	19.4
60-64	16.67	24.98	17.9	15.8
65-69	27.50	38.62	14.2	12.6
70-74	46.55	60.65	10.9	9.7
75-79	78.32	95.84	8.1	7.3
80-84	131.39	151.10	5.9	5.3
85-89	206.28	234.53	4.2	3.8
90-94	325.38	362.93	2.9	2.6
95-99	459.43	504.03	2.1	2.0
100+	612.48	655.31	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic by year

Mortality in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2016

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