Lesotho Mortality 1980: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 56.5 years in 1980: 60.9 for women and 52.5 for men, a gap of 8.3 years. 17,183 people died; 21.9% of them were 65 or older and 39.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1980

Life expectancy at birth

56.5

Women

60.9

Men

52.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

92.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

123.5

Deaths

17,183

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

405

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

218

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1980's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1980

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	91.54	106.96	60.9	52.5
1-4	8.35	8.88	65.6	57.3
5-9	2.33	2.63	63.8	55.3
10-14	1.60	1.97	59.5	51.0
15-19	2.03	3.14	54.9	46.5
20-24	2.52	4.82	50.5	42.2
25-29	2.89	5.91	46.1	38.2
30-34	3.39	7.28	41.7	34.2
35-39	4.14	9.29	37.4	30.4
40-44	5.21	11.74	33.1	26.7
45-49	6.62	15.07	28.9	23.2
50-54	9.24	19.99	24.8	19.8
55-59	13.03	26.35	20.9	16.6
60-64	20.34	37.43	17.1	13.6
65-69	32.17	53.79	13.6	10.9
70-74	52.78	80.14	10.6	8.5
75-79	84.28	119.12	8.0	6.5
80-84	131.55	175.51	6.0	4.9
85-89	199.86	251.51	4.4	3.7
90-94	287.03	343.96	3.3	2.8
95-99	396.33	454.31	2.5	2.2
100+	522.71	574.91	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1980

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