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

South-Eastern Asia

1988

Life expectancy: 63.6

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Life expectancy at birth in South-Eastern Asia was 63.6 years in 1988: 66.3 for women and 61.0 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 3,359,635 people died; 32.5% of them were 65 or older and 27.8% 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

63.6

Women

66.3

Men

61.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

57.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.1

Deaths

3,359,635

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.0

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

262

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

180

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	53.68	66.03	66.3	61.0
1-4	5.30	5.83	68.9	64.1
5-9	1.32	1.98	66.3	61.5
10-14	0.94	1.39	61.7	57.1
15-19	1.38	2.35	57.0	52.5
20-24	1.74	3.26	52.4	48.1
25-29	2.00	3.32	47.8	43.8
30-34	2.40	3.65	43.3	39.5
35-39	3.03	4.44	38.8	35.2
40-44	4.10	5.85	34.3	30.9
45-49	5.54	8.12	30.0	26.8
50-54	8.02	12.05	25.7	22.8
55-59	11.45	17.62	21.7	19.0
60-64	17.97	26.82	17.8	15.6
65-69	28.65	40.71	14.2	12.4
70-74	48.28	63.40	11.0	9.7
75-79	78.63	97.67	8.4	7.3
80-84	124.18	148.90	6.2	5.5
85-89	187.22	222.18	4.6	4.0
90-94	271.39	314.75	3.4	3.0
95-99	386.95	431.03	2.5	2.3
100+	530.03	559.88	1.9	1.8

Mortality in South-Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in South-Eastern Asia, 1988

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