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Mortality in Malawi, 1982

Malawi
1982
Life expectancy: 44.8
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-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malawi was 44.8 years in 1982: 46.8 for women and 42.9 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 147,328 people died; 13.1% of them were 65 or older and 57.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
44.8
Women
46.8
Men
42.9
Life expectancy at 65
12.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
140.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
251.5
Deaths
147,328
Deaths per 1,000 people
21.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
403
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
324
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982'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
0144.05168.4546.842.9
1-433.7436.4852.849.4
5-97.848.2356.152.8
10-144.614.5853.349.9
15-194.785.0949.546.0
20-245.817.0545.642.2
25-296.537.6441.938.6
30-347.038.3938.235.0
35-397.709.7134.531.4
40-448.5111.3330.727.8
45-499.4613.5926.924.3
50-5412.2017.5323.120.8
55-5916.2922.6219.417.5
60-6425.0732.6115.814.3
65-6939.0248.1412.611.4
70-7462.9374.399.88.8
75-7996.90114.077.56.6
80-84144.02170.695.75.0
85-89209.32248.074.33.7
90-94289.21339.333.32.8
95-99387.19450.352.52.2
100+499.18569.062.01.8