Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries Mortality 2000: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 66.6 years in 2000: 68.8 for women and 64.6 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 31,787,143 people died; 41.0% of them were 65 or older and 20.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2000

Life expectancy at birth

66.6

Women

68.8

Men

64.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

51.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

69.0

Deaths

31,787,143

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

213

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

145

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2000's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2000

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	51.14	55.02	68.8	64.6
1-4	4.95	4.60	71.3	67.2
5-9	1.66	1.61	68.7	64.4
10-14	0.91	1.03	64.3	59.9
15-19	1.27	1.53	59.5	55.2
20-24	1.68	2.18	54.9	50.6
25-29	1.82	2.47	50.4	46.1
30-34	1.99	2.84	45.8	41.7
35-39	2.36	3.49	41.2	37.2
40-44	2.98	4.66	36.7	32.8
45-49	3.96	6.48	32.2	28.6
50-54	6.06	9.78	27.8	24.4
55-59	9.14	14.34	23.6	20.5
60-64	15.00	23.03	19.5	16.8
65-69	23.86	35.02	15.9	13.6
70-74	38.26	53.16	12.5	10.7
75-79	60.10	80.87	9.6	8.2
80-84	98.71	128.35	7.2	6.0
85-89	156.78	198.04	5.2	4.4
90-94	243.09	290.51	3.7	3.3
95-99	354.99	380.16	2.7	2.6
100+	477.30	465.64	2.1	2.2

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2000

Year

Country