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

Malawi

1974

Life expectancy: 39.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 39.2 years in 1974: 40.6 for women and 37.7 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 134,114 people died; 8.6% of them were 65 or older and 61.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

39.2

Women

40.6

Men

37.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

161.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

312.7

Deaths

134,114

Deaths per 1,000 people

26.1

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

429

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

378

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	168.27	196.41	40.6	37.7
1-4	48.93	53.13	46.8	44.5
5-9	10.98	11.41	52.4	50.4
10-14	6.21	5.98	50.2	48.3
15-19	6.13	6.19	46.7	44.7
20-24	7.41	8.39	43.1	41.0
25-29	8.30	8.87	39.6	37.6
30-34	8.82	9.49	36.2	34.2
35-39	9.48	10.71	32.7	30.8
40-44	10.28	12.23	29.1	27.3
45-49	11.18	14.37	25.6	23.9
50-54	14.26	18.32	21.9	20.5
55-59	18.86	23.42	18.3	17.2
60-64	28.94	33.70	14.9	14.0
65-69	44.73	49.85	11.8	11.1
70-74	71.51	77.33	9.1	8.6
75-79	108.46	118.94	7.0	6.5
80-84	158.21	177.85	5.3	4.8
85-89	225.62	258.25	4.0	3.6
90-94	305.93	352.00	3.1	2.7
95-99	403.22	465.89	2.4	2.1
100+	512.61	586.00	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Malawi by year

Mortality in Malawi, 1974

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