Life expectancy at birth in Uzbekistan was 60.8 years in 1972: 63.5 for women and 58.0 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 135,940 people died; 36.0% of them were 65 or older and 38.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

60.8

Women

63.5

Men

58.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

114.5

Deaths

135,940

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

268

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

178

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	80.27	99.24	63.5	58.0
1-4	7.68	8.91	67.7	62.9
5-9	0.72	1.63	65.7	61.1
10-14	0.77	1.30	61.0	56.6
15-19	1.17	2.12	56.2	51.9
20-24	1.62	3.03	51.5	47.5
25-29	1.92	3.16	46.9	43.1
30-34	2.28	3.56	42.3	38.8
35-39	2.86	4.46	37.8	34.4
40-44	3.79	6.01	33.3	30.2
45-49	5.37	8.50	28.9	26.0
50-54	7.83	12.52	24.6	22.0
55-59	12.25	18.92	20.5	18.3
60-64	19.97	28.86	16.6	14.8
65-69	32.77	44.19	13.1	11.7
70-74	57.18	69.89	9.9	9.0
75-79	95.33	109.67	7.4	6.8
80-84	149.81	168.26	5.5	5.0
85-89	223.12	251.90	4.0	3.6
90-94	310.41	349.88	3.0	2.7
95-99	428.93	480.02	2.3	2.0
100+	597.41	663.13	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Uzbekistan by year

Mortality in Uzbekistan, 1972

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