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

Malawi

1979

Life expectancy: 43.7

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 43.7 years in 1979: 45.7 for women and 41.7 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 133,997 people died; 10.2% of them were 65 or older and 60.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

43.7

Women

45.7

Men

41.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

146.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

267.4

Deaths

133,997

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.2

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

401

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

324

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	150.33	176.43	45.7	41.7
1-4	37.25	40.66	51.9	48.4
5-9	8.60	9.01	55.8	52.5
10-14	4.97	4.90	53.1	49.9
15-19	5.02	5.30	49.4	46.0
20-24	5.99	7.25	45.6	42.2
25-29	6.62	7.74	41.9	38.7
30-34	7.04	8.39	38.2	35.1
35-39	7.64	9.63	34.5	31.5
40-44	8.41	11.18	30.8	27.9
45-49	9.30	13.38	27.0	24.4
50-54	12.03	17.28	23.2	20.9
55-59	16.10	22.33	19.4	17.5
60-64	24.93	32.29	15.8	14.3
65-69	38.95	47.86	12.6	11.4
70-74	62.98	74.26	9.8	8.8
75-79	97.03	114.29	7.5	6.6
80-84	144.10	171.36	5.7	5.0
85-89	209.24	249.54	4.3	3.7
90-94	288.57	341.58	3.3	2.8
95-99	385.82	453.62	2.5	2.2
100+	496.72	572.97	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Malawi by year

Mortality in Malawi, 1979

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