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

Mortality in Zambia, 1965

Zambia
1965
Life expectancy: 52.1
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 52.1 years in 1965: 53.2 for women and 50.9 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 57,497 people died; 12.4% of them were 65 or older and 57.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
52.1
Women
53.2
Men
50.9
Life expectancy at 65
13.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
107.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
191.4
Deaths
57,497
Deaths per 1,000 people
15.6
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
304
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
270
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965'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
0108.38124.3753.251.0
1-424.5825.4058.156.5
5-95.765.7059.958.3
10-143.443.1656.654.9
15-193.663.5152.550.8
20-244.454.7148.546.6
25-295.024.9344.542.7
30-345.465.3740.638.7
35-396.066.3036.634.6
40-446.827.6332.730.7
45-497.729.5728.726.8
50-5410.0912.9424.723.0
55-5913.6217.4420.919.3
60-6421.1325.9517.215.8
65-6932.9539.0913.812.7
70-7452.9660.9510.89.9
75-7981.7894.498.37.5
80-84123.20143.786.35.6
85-89182.72213.934.74.2
90-94257.26299.043.63.2
95-99350.45404.392.82.4
100+460.60520.322.21.9