Lesotho Mortality 1990: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Lesotho was 59.3 years in 1990: 63.6 for women and 55.3 for men, a gap of 8.3 years. 18,516 people died; 28.4% of them were 65 or older and 29.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1990

Life expectancy at birth

59.3

Women

63.6

Men

55.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

67.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

86.8

Deaths

18,516

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.2

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

406

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

228

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1990's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1990

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	64.25	78.66	63.6	55.3
1-4	4.82	5.43	66.8	58.7
5-9	1.46	1.73	64.0	56.0
10-14	1.11	1.43	59.5	51.4
15-19	1.62	2.58	54.8	46.8
20-24	2.15	4.15	50.2	42.4
25-29	2.63	5.43	45.7	38.2
30-34	3.27	7.06	41.3	34.2
35-39	4.23	9.34	37.0	30.3
40-44	5.55	12.06	32.7	26.6
45-49	7.37	15.65	28.5	23.1
50-54	10.35	20.66	24.5	19.8
55-59	14.57	27.08	20.7	16.7
60-64	22.21	37.97	17.0	13.7
65-69	33.87	53.35	13.7	11.1
70-74	52.35	77.34	10.8	8.7
75-79	80.20	113.15	8.3	6.7
80-84	123.80	166.70	6.2	5.1
85-89	191.28	240.36	4.5	3.8
90-94	278.73	331.97	3.3	2.9
95-99	389.71	441.34	2.5	2.2
100+	519.78	562.56	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Lesotho by year

Mortality in Lesotho, 1990

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