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

Western Asia

1982

Life expectancy: 62.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Asia was 62.2 years in 1982: 66.1 for women and 58.6 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 1,134,789 people died; 30.0% of them were 65 or older and 37.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

62.2

Women

66.1

Men

58.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

101.6

Deaths

1,134,789

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

293

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

152

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	73.68	83.62	66.1	58.6
1-4	7.59	7.35	70.1	62.6
5-9	1.15	1.50	68.2	60.4
10-14	0.78	1.18	63.5	55.9
15-19	1.05	2.65	58.8	51.2
20-24	1.32	4.19	54.1	46.8
25-29	1.56	4.50	49.4	42.8
30-34	1.91	4.57	44.8	38.7
35-39	2.42	5.00	40.2	34.5
40-44	3.29	6.33	35.7	30.3
45-49	4.57	8.75	31.2	26.2
50-54	6.86	13.44	26.9	22.3
55-59	10.08	19.90	22.7	18.7
60-64	16.33	29.77	18.7	15.3
65-69	26.26	42.69	15.1	12.4
70-74	43.40	61.51	11.9	9.8
75-79	68.71	92.19	9.1	7.4
80-84	108.61	153.61	6.9	5.3
85-89	162.26	232.52	5.2	3.9
90-94	236.05	336.70	3.9	2.8
95-99	327.31	450.53	2.9	2.2
100+	454.15	582.41	2.2	1.7

Mortality in Western Asia by year

Mortality in Western Asia, 1982

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