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

Southern Asia

1991

Life expectancy: 58.8

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Asia was 58.8 years in 1991: 59.6 for women and 58.0 for men, a gap of 1.6 years. 12,977,740 people died; 26.3% of them were 65 or older and 39.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1991

Life expectancy at birth

58.8

Women

59.6

Men

58.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

90.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

124.6

Deaths

12,977,740

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

266

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

221

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1991's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1991

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	96.67	97.29	59.6	58.0
1-4	10.44	8.61	64.5	62.8
5-9	3.25	2.71	63.2	61.0
10-14	1.51	1.37	59.2	56.8
15-19	2.29	1.89	54.6	52.1
20-24	2.83	2.43	50.2	47.6
25-29	3.03	2.75	45.9	43.2
30-34	3.20	3.19	41.5	38.7
35-39	3.62	4.11	37.2	34.3
40-44	4.62	5.73	32.8	30.0
45-49	6.36	8.67	28.5	25.8
50-54	9.40	13.07	24.3	21.8
55-59	14.50	19.85	20.4	18.1
60-64	23.64	31.10	16.7	14.7
65-69	35.52	46.69	13.5	11.7
70-74	53.98	70.10	10.6	9.2
75-79	84.68	107.04	8.2	7.0
80-84	126.88	158.27	6.2	5.3
85-89	186.37	227.97	4.7	4.0
90-94	258.04	310.92	3.6	3.1
95-99	345.22	399.94	2.8	2.4
100+	451.75	496.18	2.2	2.0

Mortality in Southern Asia by year

Mortality in Southern Asia, 1991

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