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

Sierra Leone

1972

Life expectancy: 39.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone was 39.5 years in 1972: 41.0 for women and 38.1 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 72,515 people died; 12.9% of them were 65 or older and 57.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

39.5

Women

41.0

Men

38.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

181.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

323.8

Deaths

72,515

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.8

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

420

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

369

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	193.10	223.32	41.0	38.1
1-4	47.82	50.77	48.3	46.1
5-9	8.09	8.76	53.9	51.8
10-14	4.48	4.72	51.1	49.0
15-19	5.32	5.78	47.2	45.1
20-24	6.58	8.45	43.4	41.4
25-29	7.34	8.40	39.7	38.1
30-34	8.31	8.82	36.1	34.6
35-39	9.19	10.04	32.5	31.0
40-44	10.30	11.89	28.9	27.5
45-49	11.17	14.17	25.3	24.0
50-54	14.52	18.04	21.7	20.6
55-59	19.31	23.13	18.1	17.3
60-64	30.39	33.45	14.7	14.1
65-69	45.30	48.50	11.7	11.2
70-74	72.83	76.20	9.0	8.6
75-79	109.70	116.05	6.9	6.5
80-84	163.78	177.92	5.2	4.8
85-89	234.22	257.53	3.9	3.6
90-94	319.65	350.43	3.0	2.7
95-99	434.85	476.85	2.3	2.1
100+	557.23	605.80	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sierra Leone by year

Mortality in Sierra Leone, 1972

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