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

More developed regions

2011

Life expectancy: 78.1

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

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-5 -1 2011 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in More developed regions was 78.1 years in 2011: 81.3 for women and 74.8 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 12,231,069 people died; 75.3% of them were 65 or older and 0.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2011

Life expectancy at birth

78.1

Women

81.3

Men

74.8

Life expectancy at 65

18.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

5.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

6.3

Deaths

12,231,069

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

157

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2011

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	4.69	5.74	81.3	74.8
1-4	0.24	0.29	80.7	74.3
5-9	0.12	0.15	76.8	70.4
10-14	0.12	0.17	71.8	65.4
15-19	0.26	0.61	66.9	60.5
20-24	0.40	1.19	62.0	55.6
25-29	0.51	1.36	57.1	51.0
30-34	0.69	1.67	52.2	46.3
35-39	0.97	2.22	47.4	41.6
40-44	1.45	3.21	42.6	37.1
45-49	2.28	4.95	37.9	32.6
50-54	3.53	7.71	33.3	28.4
55-59	5.10	11.13	28.9	24.4
60-64	7.31	15.01	24.5	20.7
65-69	10.80	20.15	20.3	17.1
70-74	18.86	32.42	16.3	13.6
75-79	31.74	49.86	12.7	10.5
80-84	58.32	83.78	9.4	7.8
85-89	102.38	137.32	6.8	5.6
90-94	176.16	225.15	4.7	3.9
95-99	289.48	347.18	3.2	2.7
100+	446.85	501.03	2.2	2.0

Mortality in More developed regions by year

Mortality in More developed regions, 2011

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