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

Myanmar

1988

Life expectancy: 56.6

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Life expectancy at birth in Myanmar was 56.6 years in 1988: 59.0 for women and 54.2 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 446,226 people died; 28.2% of them were 65 or older and 29.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

56.6

Women

59.0

Men

54.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

88.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

120.0

Deaths

446,226

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.6

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

353

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

263

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	86.40	102.03	59.0	54.2
1-4	8.50	9.14	63.3	58.9
5-9	2.32	2.94	61.4	57.1
10-14	1.82	2.22	57.1	52.9
15-19	2.65	3.38	52.6	48.4
20-24	3.50	4.87	48.2	44.2
25-29	4.01	5.24	44.0	40.2
30-34	4.61	5.94	39.9	36.2
35-39	5.35	7.19	35.7	32.2
40-44	6.36	9.15	31.6	28.3
45-49	7.98	11.85	27.6	24.5
50-54	11.04	16.39	23.6	20.9
55-59	15.45	22.84	19.8	17.4
60-64	23.60	33.43	16.2	14.2
65-69	36.18	48.78	12.9	11.4
70-74	58.17	73.27	9.9	8.8
75-79	93.05	112.20	7.5	6.7
80-84	147.98	169.50	5.5	4.9
85-89	222.88	253.24	4.0	3.6
90-94	336.83	378.09	2.8	2.6
95-99	462.57	511.16	2.1	1.9
100+	606.10	659.07	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Myanmar by year

Mortality in Myanmar, 1988

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