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

Southern Asia

1978

Life expectancy: 52.6

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 52.6 years in 1978: 52.4 for women and 52.8 for men, a gap of -0.3 years. 12,916,972 people died; 18.7% of them were 65 or older and 48.1% 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

52.6

Women

52.4

Men

52.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

124.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

181.3

Deaths

12,916,972

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.4

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

309

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

294

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	134.23	137.69	52.4	52.8
1-4	18.53	15.55	58.7	59.3
5-9	4.69	3.80	59.1	59.0
10-14	2.26	1.85	55.5	55.1
15-19	3.48	2.62	51.1	50.6
20-24	4.48	3.32	46.9	46.2
25-29	4.81	3.72	42.9	41.9
30-34	5.05	4.21	38.9	37.7
35-39	5.69	5.38	34.8	33.4
40-44	6.73	7.28	30.8	29.2
45-49	8.63	10.38	26.7	25.2
50-54	12.33	14.95	22.8	21.4
55-59	18.27	21.97	19.1	17.9
60-64	28.36	33.32	15.6	14.7
65-69	41.29	47.24	12.6	11.9
70-74	61.39	68.20	10.0	9.4
75-79	94.46	103.11	7.7	7.2
80-84	138.47	149.62	5.9	5.5
85-89	199.47	216.34	4.4	4.1
90-94	276.84	305.38	3.4	3.1
95-99	373.77	410.30	2.6	2.4
100+	485.18	524.69	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1978

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