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

Western Sahara

1993

Life expectancy: 59.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Sahara was 59.2 years in 1993: 60.9 for women and 57.6 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 1,725 people died; 17.8% of them were 65 or older and 36.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1993

Life expectancy at birth

59.2

Women

60.9

Men

57.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

74.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

103.1

Deaths

1,725

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

301

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

247

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1993's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1993

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	70.93	85.70	61.0	57.6
1-4	7.85	8.11	64.3	61.6
5-9	2.04	2.21	62.3	59.6
10-14	1.60	1.66	57.9	55.3
15-19	2.37	2.60	53.4	50.7
20-24	3.14	3.71	49.0	46.3
25-29	3.62	3.94	44.7	42.1
30-34	4.17	4.47	40.5	37.9
35-39	4.88	5.51	36.3	33.7
40-44	5.87	7.23	32.1	29.6
45-49	7.47	9.80	28.0	25.6
50-54	10.39	14.00	24.0	21.7
55-59	14.66	20.27	20.1	18.1
60-64	22.47	30.23	16.5	14.8
65-69	34.74	45.03	13.1	11.8
70-74	56.19	68.72	10.1	9.1
75-79	90.44	106.41	7.6	6.9
80-84	144.69	163.15	5.6	5.1
85-89	219.07	246.90	4.1	3.7
90-94	315.70	353.44	3.0	2.7
95-99	430.42	476.37	2.3	2.1
100+	559.88	608.16	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Western Sahara by year

Mortality in Western Sahara, 1993

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