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

Southern Asia

1974

Life expectancy: 50.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 50.5 years in 1974: 50.1 for women and 50.9 for men, a gap of -0.8 years. 12,831,689 people died; 16.9% of them were 65 or older and 49.9% 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

50.5

Women

50.1

Men

50.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

134.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

199.6

Deaths

12,831,689

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.8

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

325

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

324

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	145.25	151.15	50.1	50.9
1-4	21.34	18.35	56.6	57.9
5-9	4.99	4.03	57.5	58.2
10-14	2.61	1.99	53.9	54.3
15-19	3.99	2.91	49.6	49.8
20-24	5.11	3.74	45.5	45.5
25-29	5.61	4.19	41.6	41.3
30-34	6.00	4.71	37.7	37.2
35-39	6.74	5.95	33.8	33.0
40-44	7.73	7.90	29.9	28.9
45-49	9.71	10.99	26.0	25.0
50-54	13.59	15.60	22.1	21.2
55-59	19.76	22.62	18.5	17.7
60-64	29.97	33.86	15.2	14.5
65-69	43.77	48.06	12.2	11.8
70-74	65.45	69.47	9.6	9.3
75-79	100.45	104.92	7.3	7.1
80-84	147.45	152.14	5.6	5.4
85-89	210.58	219.87	4.2	4.1
90-94	295.49	314.55	3.2	3.0
95-99	394.19	419.11	2.5	2.3
100+	514.51	543.86	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1974

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