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

Myanmar

1979

Life expectancy: 54.0

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Life expectancy at birth in Myanmar was 54.0 years in 1979: 56.2 for women and 52.0 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 429,857 people died; 23.3% of them were 65 or older and 36.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

54.0

Women

56.2

Men

52.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

103.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

143.6

Deaths

429,857

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

372

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

291

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	101.65	119.41	56.2	52.0
1-4	11.19	11.99	61.1	57.4
5-9	2.82	3.29	59.8	56.1
10-14	2.21	2.44	55.6	52.0
15-19	3.18	3.67	51.2	47.6
20-24	4.16	5.28	47.0	43.4
25-29	4.75	5.72	42.9	39.5
30-34	5.43	6.50	38.9	35.6
35-39	6.21	7.84	34.9	31.7
40-44	7.23	9.90	30.9	27.9
45-49	8.84	12.66	27.0	24.1
50-54	12.09	17.32	23.1	20.6
55-59	16.71	23.84	19.3	17.2
60-64	25.38	34.71	15.8	14.0
65-69	38.31	50.30	12.6	11.2
70-74	60.95	75.16	9.7	8.7
75-79	96.48	114.71	7.3	6.6
80-84	151.76	172.39	5.4	4.9
85-89	226.39	256.27	3.9	3.6
90-94	339.07	380.75	2.8	2.5
95-99	462.52	512.90	2.1	1.9
100+	604.01	654.24	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Myanmar by year

Mortality in Myanmar, 1979

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