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

Mortality in Zambia, 1963

Zambia
1963
Life expectancy: 51.6
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 51.6 years in 1963: 52.6 for women and 50.6 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 55,077 people died; 12.0% of them were 65 or older and 57.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
51.6
Women
52.6
Men
50.6
Life expectancy at 65
13.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
109.3
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
195.9
Deaths
55,077
Deaths per 1,000 people
15.9
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
307
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
275
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963'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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0110.41126.3852.650.6
1-425.5926.2357.656.2
5-95.985.8659.658.1
10-143.563.2456.354.8
15-193.773.5852.350.6
20-244.594.8048.346.5
25-295.175.0244.342.6
30-345.615.4640.438.6
35-396.216.3936.534.6
40-446.977.7232.630.6
45-497.879.6628.626.7
50-5410.2713.0424.722.9
55-5913.8417.5420.819.3
60-6421.4426.0817.115.8
65-6933.3139.1913.812.7
70-7453.1260.8510.89.9
75-7981.4994.008.47.6
80-84122.39142.836.45.7
85-89181.69212.744.84.2
90-94256.02297.603.63.2
95-99349.01402.732.82.4
100+459.03518.512.21.9