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

More developed regions

1982

Life expectancy: 73.0

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1982 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in More developed regions was 73.0 years in 1982: 76.7 for women and 69.2 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 10,383,540 people died; 68.7% of them were 65 or older and 2.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

73.0

Women

76.7

Men

69.2

Life expectancy at 65

15.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

17.6

Deaths

10,383,540

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

207

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

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.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	12.78	16.50	76.7	69.2
1-4	0.71	0.87	76.7	69.3
5-9	0.28	0.42	72.9	65.6
10-14	0.23	0.39	68.0	60.7
15-19	0.42	1.13	63.0	55.8
20-24	0.52	1.71	58.2	51.1
25-29	0.63	1.81	53.3	46.5
30-34	0.82	2.06	48.5	41.9
35-39	1.16	2.58	43.7	37.3
40-44	1.88	4.50	38.9	32.8
45-49	2.92	6.70	34.2	28.5
50-54	4.56	10.49	29.7	24.4
55-59	6.97	15.28	25.3	20.5
60-64	10.86	22.20	21.1	16.9
65-69	17.44	33.85	17.2	13.6
70-74	29.92	53.20	13.5	10.7
75-79	52.06	83.08	10.3	8.2
80-84	89.98	127.86	7.6	6.2
85-89	146.72	188.75	5.5	4.6
90-94	225.48	268.42	4.0	3.5
95-99	325.26	363.91	2.9	2.7
100+	442.24	470.97	2.3	2.1

Mortality in More developed regions by year

Mortality in More developed regions, 1982

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