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

Southern Asia

1982

Life expectancy: 54.8

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 54.8 years in 1982: 55.2 for women and 54.4 for men, a gap of 0.8 years. 13,016,941 people died; 21.0% of them were 65 or older and 46.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

54.8

Women

55.2

Men

54.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

112.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

161.1

Deaths

13,016,941

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

300

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

259

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	121.52	123.28	55.2	54.4
1-4	15.49	12.79	61.1	60.3
5-9	4.20	3.41	60.9	59.4
10-14	1.87	1.66	57.1	55.4
15-19	2.89	2.44	52.6	50.8
20-24	3.60	3.27	48.4	46.4
25-29	3.83	3.60	44.2	42.1
30-34	4.03	4.03	40.0	37.9
35-39	4.61	5.06	35.8	33.6
40-44	5.70	6.86	31.6	29.4
45-49	7.53	9.95	27.4	25.3
50-54	10.97	14.43	23.3	21.5
55-59	16.62	21.42	19.5	17.9
60-64	26.78	32.97	16.0	14.6
65-69	39.49	47.52	12.9	11.8
70-74	58.97	69.46	10.2	9.3
75-79	91.74	105.35	7.8	7.1
80-84	134.98	153.60	6.0	5.4
85-89	195.22	221.19	4.5	4.1
90-94	269.73	308.06	3.5	3.1
95-99	359.24	406.17	2.7	2.4
100+	472.66	521.84	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1982

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