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

Zambia

1972

Life expectancy: 54.4

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Zambia

Zimbabwe

Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 54.4 years in 1972: 55.6 for women and 53.1 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 64,933 people died; 13.8% of them were 65 or older and 57.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

54.4

Women

55.6

Men

53.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

170.1

Deaths

64,933

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.2

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

287

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

252

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	98.50	113.81	55.6	53.1
1-4	20.40	21.27	60.2	58.4
5-9	4.86	4.87	61.1	59.4
10-14	2.95	2.76	57.6	55.8
15-19	3.21	3.16	53.4	51.5
20-24	3.93	4.24	49.2	47.3
25-29	4.45	4.44	45.2	43.3
30-34	4.89	4.86	41.1	39.2
35-39	5.51	5.76	37.1	35.1
40-44	6.30	7.07	33.0	31.0
45-49	7.24	9.00	29.0	27.0
50-54	9.57	12.31	25.0	23.2
55-59	13.00	16.77	21.1	19.5
60-64	20.22	25.09	17.3	16.0
65-69	31.81	38.15	13.9	12.7
70-74	51.95	60.31	10.9	9.9
75-79	81.37	94.55	8.3	7.5
80-84	123.53	144.68	6.3	5.6
85-89	183.19	215.01	4.7	4.2
90-94	257.99	300.45	3.6	3.1
95-99	351.50	406.05	2.7	2.4
100+	462.11	522.30	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Zambia by year

Mortality in Zambia, 1972

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