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

Mortality in Western Asia, 2014

Western Asia
2014
Life expectancy: 73.7
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Asia was 73.7 years in 2014: 76.6 for women and 71.1 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 1,289,739 people died; 53.0% of them were 65 or older and 11.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
73.7
Women
76.6
Men
71.1
Life expectancy at 65
16.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
20.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
25.6
Deaths
1,289,739
Deaths per 1,000 people
5.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
148
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
82
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2014's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
018.4622.3576.671.1
1-41.401.4277.071.7
5-90.460.6073.468.1
10-140.330.5268.663.2
15-190.471.1663.758.4
20-240.611.6758.853.7
25-290.711.5454.049.2
30-340.851.5649.244.5
35-391.121.8944.439.8
40-441.612.6439.635.2
45-492.404.0434.930.6
50-543.696.6830.326.2
55-595.6610.9025.822.0
60-649.6318.2821.518.1
65-6916.5528.0417.414.6
70-7429.3343.6013.711.4
75-7951.3771.1310.48.5
80-8486.98126.167.86.1
85-89140.34196.335.74.5
90-94214.63277.404.13.4
95-99317.09362.363.02.7
100+447.45445.852.22.2