Less developed regions, excluding China Mortality 2008: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 65.6 years in 2008: 67.7 for women and 63.5 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 32,812,445 people died; 36.6% of them were 65 or older and 22.5% 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

65.6

Women

67.7

Men

63.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

68.0

Deaths

32,812,445

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

238

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

168

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	48.02	53.96	67.7	63.5
1-4	5.03	5.02	70.0	66.0
5-9	1.90	1.88	67.3	63.3
10-14	1.10	1.17	63.0	58.9
15-19	1.52	1.84	58.3	54.2
20-24	1.94	2.62	53.7	49.7
25-29	2.26	2.97	49.2	45.3
30-34	2.62	3.49	44.8	40.9
35-39	3.04	4.24	40.3	36.6
40-44	3.65	5.35	35.9	32.3
45-49	4.81	7.45	31.5	28.2
50-54	6.85	10.71	27.2	24.1
55-59	10.08	15.58	23.1	20.3
60-64	16.06	23.63	19.1	16.7
65-69	25.39	35.75	15.5	13.5
70-74	40.46	54.20	12.2	10.7
75-79	64.18	82.98	9.4	8.2
80-84	103.15	126.87	7.1	6.2
85-89	159.64	186.83	5.2	4.7
90-94	232.87	261.77	3.9	3.6
95-99	326.46	347.79	2.9	2.8
100+	459.01	459.81	2.2	2.2

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 2008

Year

Country