Less developed regions Mortality 2017: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 70.5 years in 2017: 73.0 for women and 68.1 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 44,830,705 people died; 48.7% of them were 65 or older and 13.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2017

Life expectancy at birth

70.5

Women

73.0

Men

68.1

Life expectancy at 65

16.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.8

Deaths

44,830,705

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.0

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

186

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

121

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2017's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2017

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	31.54	36.00	73.0	68.1
1-4	3.07	3.10	74.3	69.6
5-9	1.32	1.33	71.2	66.5
10-14	0.82	0.90	66.7	61.9
15-19	1.07	1.48	61.9	57.1
20-24	1.27	2.07	57.2	52.6
25-29	1.39	2.14	52.6	48.1
30-34	1.60	2.43	47.9	43.6
35-39	1.99	3.03	43.3	39.1
40-44	2.55	3.99	38.7	34.6
45-49	3.32	5.44	34.2	30.3
50-54	4.96	8.15	29.7	26.0
55-59	7.69	12.50	25.4	22.0
60-64	11.46	18.88	21.3	18.3
65-69	18.48	28.70	17.4	14.8
70-74	30.62	44.56	13.8	11.7
75-79	50.00	69.41	10.7	9.0
80-84	82.87	110.42	8.0	6.7
85-89	132.76	171.23	5.8	4.9
90-94	209.99	259.99	4.2	3.6
95-99	317.61	364.43	3.0	2.7
100+	444.07	446.11	2.3	2.2

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 2017

Year

Country