Western Asia Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Western Asia

1975

Life expectancy: 59.4

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Asia was 59.4 years in 1975: 62.8 for women and 56.4 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 1,119,068 people died; 27.1% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1975

Life expectancy at birth

59.4

Women

62.8

Men

56.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

99.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

137.6

Deaths

1,119,068

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.3

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

289

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

168

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1975's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1975

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	100.22	112.59	62.8	56.4
1-4	11.20	10.84	68.2	61.9
5-9	1.19	1.72	67.3	60.6
10-14	0.88	1.32	62.6	56.1
15-19	1.22	2.40	57.9	51.4
20-24	1.59	3.68	53.2	47.0
25-29	1.89	3.75	48.7	42.8
30-34	2.29	4.04	44.1	38.6
35-39	2.84	4.90	39.6	34.3
40-44	3.69	6.54	35.1	30.1
45-49	5.03	9.09	30.7	26.1
50-54	7.42	13.60	26.4	22.1
55-59	10.79	19.98	22.3	18.5
60-64	17.29	30.31	18.4	15.2
65-69	27.36	42.81	14.8	12.3
70-74	44.92	63.02	11.6	9.6
75-79	71.53	95.02	8.9	7.2
80-84	111.77	159.04	6.7	5.2
85-89	167.73	237.81	5.0	3.8
90-94	245.33	339.00	3.7	2.8
95-99	350.86	460.21	2.7	2.1
100+	488.14	591.30	2.1	1.7

Mortality in Western Asia by year

Mortality in Western Asia, 1975

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