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

Mortality in Mozambique, 1971

Mozambique
1971
Life expectancy: 42.6
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Mozambique was 42.6 years in 1971: 43.9 for women and 41.2 for men, a gap of 2.6 years. 187,807 people died; 10.9% of them were 65 or older and 56.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
42.6
Women
43.9
Men
41.2
Life expectancy at 65
11.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
163.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
272.4
Deaths
187,807
Deaths per 1,000 people
22.2
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
415
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
365
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971'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
0171.98197.6443.941.2
1-434.6336.3150.848.8
5-98.288.3254.052.1
10-144.944.6651.249.2
15-195.255.5247.445.3
20-246.477.9343.641.5
25-297.388.3640.038.1
30-348.048.8436.434.6
35-398.909.9732.831.1
40-449.9511.5229.127.5
45-4911.1613.8425.524.0
50-5414.3617.8921.820.5
55-5919.0823.2918.217.2
60-6429.0633.5714.814.0
65-6944.8449.7011.711.2
70-7471.5776.779.18.6
75-79109.04117.586.96.5
80-84160.98176.715.24.8
85-89232.37258.033.93.6
90-94318.97354.133.02.7
95-99424.26470.902.32.1
100+541.62596.091.91.7