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

Mortality in Mozambique, 2012

Mozambique
2012
Life expectancy: 56.5
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Mozambique was 56.5 years in 2012: 58.0 for women and 54.6 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 259,558 people died; 19.9% of them were 65 or older and 36.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
56.5
Women
58.0
Men
54.6
Life expectancy at 65
11.6
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
70.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
95.3
Deaths
259,558
Deaths per 1,000 people
10.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
411
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
334
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
069.2879.8658.054.6
1-46.606.8261.158.0
5-91.912.0858.755.6
10-141.511.6354.351.2
15-192.382.7649.746.6
20-243.564.3945.242.2
25-294.835.7041.038.0
30-346.157.3436.934.1
35-397.779.6233.030.2
40-449.5112.2929.226.6
45-4911.7615.7925.523.1
50-5415.2820.7121.919.8
55-5920.0926.9818.416.7
60-6428.7137.8215.113.8
65-6942.9752.7112.011.1
70-7467.8176.219.38.7
75-79104.74113.807.16.6
80-84155.49170.745.35.0
85-89225.28250.174.03.7
90-94310.16344.393.12.8
95-99413.52458.982.42.1
100+529.72580.751.91.7