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

Western Asia

1994

Life expectancy: 68.0

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Asia was 68.0 years in 1994: 71.2 for women and 65.0 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 1,060,218 people died; 39.7% of them were 65 or older and 25.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

68.0

Women

71.2

Men

65.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

56.5

Deaths

1,060,218

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

218

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

120

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	42.14	48.76	71.3	65.0
1-4	3.32	3.32	73.3	67.2
5-9	0.61	0.93	70.2	64.1
10-14	0.49	0.79	65.4	59.4
15-19	0.74	1.59	60.6	54.6
20-24	0.98	2.30	55.8	50.0
25-29	1.14	2.25	51.1	45.6
30-34	1.33	2.47	46.3	41.0
35-39	1.68	2.98	41.6	36.5
40-44	2.35	4.28	37.0	32.0
45-49	3.43	6.28	32.4	27.7
50-54	5.42	10.28	27.9	23.5
55-59	8.48	16.58	23.6	19.6
60-64	14.10	26.30	19.5	16.0
65-69	23.37	38.71	15.7	12.9
70-74	38.91	56.78	12.3	10.1
75-79	64.33	88.04	9.5	7.7
80-84	103.30	145.68	7.1	5.6
85-89	156.09	217.70	5.3	4.1
90-94	229.01	306.49	4.0	3.1
95-99	316.14	390.35	3.0	2.5
100+	430.90	469.53	2.3	2.1

Mortality in Western Asia by year

Mortality in Western Asia, 1994

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