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

Mozambique

1978

Life expectancy: 44.0

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-5 -1 1978 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Mozambique was 44.0 years in 1978: 44.8 for women and 43.1 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 229,511 people died; 10.7% of them were 65 or older and 59.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

44.0

Women

44.8

Men

43.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

160.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

265.7

Deaths

229,511

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.6

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

373

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

350

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	168.72	193.50	44.8	43.1
1-4	33.28	34.73	51.8	50.9
5-9	7.93	7.87	54.8	54.1
10-14	4.75	4.35	51.9	51.2
15-19	5.04	4.80	48.1	47.3
20-24	6.18	6.47	44.3	43.3
25-29	7.01	6.77	40.6	39.7
30-34	7.63	7.29	36.9	36.0
35-39	8.44	8.40	33.3	32.2
40-44	9.42	9.93	29.6	28.5
45-49	10.57	12.17	25.9	24.8
50-54	13.66	16.10	22.2	21.2
55-59	18.23	21.27	18.6	17.8
60-64	27.88	31.18	15.1	14.5
65-69	43.15	46.71	12.0	11.5
70-74	69.14	72.98	9.2	8.8
75-79	105.95	113.07	7.0	6.7
80-84	156.82	170.60	5.3	5.0
85-89	226.89	250.03	4.0	3.7
90-94	311.97	344.26	3.0	2.8
95-99	415.45	458.88	2.4	2.1
100+	531.63	580.72	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Mozambique by year

Mortality in Mozambique, 1978

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