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

Syrian Arab Republic

1979

Life expectancy: 66.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Syrian Arab Republic was 66.2 years in 1979: 68.9 for women and 63.9 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 59,320 people died; 29.4% of them were 65 or older and 40.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

66.2

Women

68.9

Men

63.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

63.9

Deaths

59,320

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

227

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

143

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	45.55	51.07	68.9	63.9
1-4	4.67	4.54	71.1	66.2
5-9	0.61	1.23	68.4	63.4
10-14	0.52	0.96	63.6	58.8
15-19	0.81	1.64	58.7	54.0
20-24	1.13	2.34	53.9	49.5
25-29	1.37	2.40	49.2	45.0
30-34	1.66	2.68	44.6	40.5
35-39	2.15	3.41	39.9	36.0
40-44	2.97	4.73	35.3	31.6
45-49	4.39	7.01	30.8	27.3
50-54	6.53	10.65	26.4	23.2
55-59	9.86	16.47	22.2	19.3
60-64	15.67	25.35	18.2	15.7
65-69	26.16	39.06	14.5	12.5
70-74	44.66	61.19	11.1	9.7
75-79	75.71	96.51	8.3	7.3
80-84	128.37	151.82	6.0	5.3
85-89	202.92	235.26	4.3	3.8
90-94	305.78	363.31	3.1	2.6
95-99	457.55	504.16	2.1	2.0
100+	612.71	654.41	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic by year

Mortality in Syrian Arab Republic, 1979

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