Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Madagascar

1988

Life expectancy: 51.4

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Life expectancy at birth in Madagascar was 51.4 years in 1988: 53.3 for women and 49.7 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 167,528 people died; 15.5% of them were 65 or older and 47.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

51.4

Women

53.3

Men

49.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

100.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

165.3

Deaths

167,528

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.7

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

369

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

305

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	99.29	115.76	53.3	49.7
1-4	18.55	19.08	57.7	54.7
5-9	6.10	6.78	58.0	54.9
10-14	3.44	3.64	54.7	51.7
15-19	3.88	4.55	50.6	47.6
20-24	4.65	6.49	46.6	43.6
25-29	5.42	6.83	42.6	40.0
30-34	6.21	7.30	38.7	36.3
35-39	7.11	8.22	34.8	32.5
40-44	8.24	9.94	31.0	28.8
45-49	9.22	12.07	27.2	25.1
50-54	11.94	15.89	23.4	21.5
55-59	16.10	20.83	19.7	18.1
60-64	24.08	30.01	16.1	14.8
65-69	37.51	44.45	12.8	11.8
70-74	59.50	68.88	9.9	9.1
75-79	92.69	106.28	7.5	6.9
80-84	145.15	164.23	5.6	5.0
85-89	215.66	249.38	4.1	3.6
90-94	322.35	377.97	2.9	2.6
95-99	440.14	515.83	2.2	1.9
100+	576.30	659.85	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Madagascar by year

Mortality in Madagascar, 1988

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