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

South-Eastern Asia

1978

Life expectancy: 56.6

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Life expectancy at birth in South-Eastern Asia was 56.6 years in 1978: 59.6 for women and 53.8 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 3,777,576 people died; 22.4% of them were 65 or older and 32.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

56.6

Women

59.6

Men

53.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

76.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

110.2

Deaths

3,777,576

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.2

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

365

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

264

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	72.28	88.66	59.6	53.8
1-4	8.90	9.86	63.0	57.6
5-9	3.15	4.14	61.2	55.9
10-14	2.51	3.24	57.1	52.0
15-19	3.07	4.61	52.8	47.8
20-24	3.61	6.40	48.6	43.9
25-29	4.08	6.33	44.4	40.2
30-34	4.63	6.60	40.3	36.4
35-39	5.45	7.58	36.2	32.5
40-44	6.59	9.20	32.1	28.7
45-49	8.14	11.84	28.1	24.9
50-54	10.94	16.07	24.2	21.3
55-59	14.77	21.97	20.4	17.9
60-64	22.02	31.64	16.8	14.6
65-69	33.79	46.39	13.4	11.7
70-74	54.85	70.50	10.4	9.1
75-79	86.41	106.12	7.9	7.0
80-84	135.35	160.41	5.9	5.2
85-89	202.00	235.83	4.3	3.8
90-94	288.88	333.91	3.2	2.9
95-99	407.39	441.59	2.4	2.2
100+	555.71	569.93	1.8	1.8

Mortality in South-Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in South-Eastern Asia, 1978

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