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

Western Asia

1968

Life expectancy: 55.3

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Asia was 55.3 years in 1968: 58.3 for women and 52.5 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 1,150,509 people died; 21.9% of them were 65 or older and 52.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

55.3

Women

58.3

Men

52.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

126.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

181.0

Deaths

1,150,509

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.1

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

309

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

194

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	130.50	146.47	58.3	52.5
1-4	16.61	16.06	65.2	59.6
5-9	1.64	2.29	65.5	59.4
10-14	1.17	1.65	61.0	55.0
15-19	1.64	2.70	56.4	50.5
20-24	2.13	3.70	51.8	46.1
25-29	2.48	4.00	47.3	41.9
30-34	2.91	4.56	42.9	37.7
35-39	3.52	5.54	38.5	33.5
40-44	4.38	7.32	34.1	29.4
45-49	5.85	9.99	29.8	25.4
50-54	8.32	14.76	25.6	21.6
55-59	11.88	21.31	21.6	18.0
60-64	18.84	32.01	17.8	14.8
65-69	29.83	45.67	14.3	11.9
70-74	47.90	66.16	11.2	9.3
75-79	76.98	101.29	8.5	7.0
80-84	120.24	164.35	6.4	5.1
85-89	183.39	248.89	4.7	3.7
90-94	266.89	348.19	3.5	2.8
95-99	369.38	456.14	2.6	2.2
100+	506.61	583.77	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Western Asia by year

Mortality in Western Asia, 1968

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