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Mortality in Malawi, 1981

Malawi
1981
Life expectancy: 44.7
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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 44.7 years in 1981: 46.8 for women and 42.7 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 141,874 people died; 12.3% of them were 65 or older and 58.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
44.7
Women
46.8
Men
42.7
Life expectancy at 65
12.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
142.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
254.7
Deaths
141,874
Deaths per 1,000 people
21.8
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
400
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
314
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0145.28170.2446.842.7
1-434.3837.3952.849.3
5-98.228.3956.352.9
10-144.814.6353.550.0
15-194.875.1249.846.1
20-245.697.0545.942.3
25-296.177.6042.238.7
30-346.558.3138.435.1
35-397.169.6034.631.5
40-448.0211.1930.827.9
45-499.0213.4327.024.4
50-5411.8317.3523.120.9
55-5916.0322.4319.317.5
60-6425.0132.3815.714.3
65-6939.2847.8912.511.4
70-7463.8074.129.78.8
75-7998.84113.857.46.7
80-84147.70170.525.65.0
85-89215.57248.074.23.7
90-94298.26339.533.22.8
95-99399.53450.842.42.2
100+513.74569.742.01.8