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

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries was 69.3 years in 2008: 71.6 for women and 67.1 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 33,814,198 people died; 47.2% of them were 65 or older and 14.6% 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

69.3

Women

71.6

Men

67.1

Life expectancy at 65

15.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

38.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

50.8

Deaths

33,814,198

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.0

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

195

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

125

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	37.75	41.04	71.6	67.1
1-4	3.37	3.20	73.3	68.8
5-9	1.33	1.29	70.3	65.7
10-14	0.80	0.89	65.7	61.1
15-19	1.08	1.38	61.0	56.4
20-24	1.38	1.95	56.3	51.7
25-29	1.60	2.27	51.7	47.2
30-34	1.84	2.68	47.1	42.7
35-39	2.06	3.19	42.5	38.3
40-44	2.58	4.22	37.9	33.8
45-49	3.65	6.15	33.3	29.5
50-54	5.11	8.85	28.9	25.3
55-59	7.45	12.74	24.6	21.4
60-64	12.76	20.31	20.4	17.6
65-69	20.88	31.51	16.6	14.2
70-74	34.02	48.60	13.1	11.2
75-79	54.82	74.78	10.1	8.6
80-84	91.10	117.94	7.5	6.4
85-89	145.95	182.84	5.4	4.7
90-94	231.79	277.04	3.9	3.4
95-99	345.51	375.52	2.8	2.6
100+	477.33	458.61	2.1	2.2

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

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, 2008

Year

Country