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

Mortality in Sierra Leone, 1969

Sierra Leone
1969
Life expectancy: 38.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone was 38.2 years in 1969: 39.4 for women and 37.0 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 71,556 people died; 12.2% of them were 65 or older and 58.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
38.2
Women
39.4
Men
37.0
Life expectancy at 65
11.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
187.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
339.6
Deaths
71,556
Deaths per 1,000 people
26.9
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
421
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
384
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969'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
0199.82231.2039.437.0
1-452.0855.3646.845.1
5-98.839.2053.051.6
10-144.874.9050.248.9
15-195.785.9046.445.1
20-247.158.6242.741.3
25-297.958.5639.238.0
30-348.938.9735.734.6
35-399.7910.1732.231.1
40-4410.8511.9828.727.5
45-4911.6214.1825.124.1
50-5415.0117.9721.520.7
55-5919.8722.9417.917.4
60-6431.1433.1314.614.2
65-6946.1248.0111.611.3
70-7473.7575.608.98.7
75-79110.44115.316.86.5
80-84164.45177.265.14.8
85-89234.51256.843.93.6
90-94319.63349.723.02.7
95-99434.52476.522.32.1
100+556.76605.731.81.7