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

Western Sahara

1982

Life expectancy: 45.2

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-5 -1 1982 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 45.2 years in 1982: 52.7 for women and 39.6 for men, a gap of 13.1 years. 2,661 people died; 11.4% of them were 65 or older and 39.5% 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

45.2

Women

52.7

Men

39.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

111.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

162.7

Deaths

2,661

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.8

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

652

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

348

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	109.06	132.35	52.7	39.6
1-4	14.72	14.99	57.7	44.1
5-9	3.51	3.53	57.0	42.7
10-14	2.74	2.96	53.0	38.4
15-19	4.10	10.52	48.7	33.9
20-24	5.48	23.32	44.7	30.6
25-29	6.18	24.13	40.8	29.1
30-34	7.02	22.55	37.0	27.5
35-39	8.13	21.68	33.3	25.5
40-44	9.63	22.11	29.5	23.1
45-49	11.12	24.10	25.9	20.6
50-54	14.50	27.74	22.2	17.9
55-59	19.20	34.93	18.7	15.2
60-64	28.06	45.53	15.3	12.6
65-69	41.26	62.24	12.2	10.2
70-74	64.53	88.45	9.5	8.0
75-79	100.81	129.14	7.1	6.1
80-84	156.56	192.67	5.3	4.5
85-89	231.09	280.27	3.9	3.3
90-94	325.49	379.58	2.9	2.6
95-99	435.72	487.49	2.3	2.0
100+	559.19	608.38	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1982

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