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

Sierra Leone

1974

Life expectancy: 40.4

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Life expectancy at birth in Sierra Leone was 40.4 years in 1974: 42.1 for women and 38.8 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 73,150 people died; 13.3% of them were 65 or older and 57.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

40.4

Women

42.1

Men

38.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

178.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

313.9

Deaths

73,150

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.0

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

418

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

355

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	188.86	218.34	42.1	38.8
1-4	45.27	47.98	49.5	46.7
5-9	7.53	8.46	54.8	52.0
10-14	4.16	4.59	51.8	49.2
15-19	4.92	5.69	47.8	45.2
20-24	6.09	8.31	43.9	41.5
25-29	6.82	8.26	40.2	38.1
30-34	7.77	8.69	36.5	34.6
35-39	8.67	9.92	32.9	31.1
40-44	9.81	11.79	29.2	27.5
45-49	10.75	14.10	25.6	24.0
50-54	14.06	18.02	21.8	20.6
55-59	18.77	23.18	18.2	17.3
60-64	29.67	33.56	14.8	14.1
65-69	44.48	48.69	11.7	11.2
70-74	71.90	76.39	9.0	8.6
75-79	108.84	116.26	6.9	6.5
80-84	162.92	177.98	5.2	4.8
85-89	233.60	257.52	3.9	3.6
90-94	319.23	350.31	3.0	2.7
95-99	434.70	476.32	2.3	2.1
100+	557.10	604.96	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Sierra Leone by year

Mortality in Sierra Leone, 1974

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