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

Zambia

1973

Life expectancy: 54.9

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-5 -1 1973 +1 +5

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Zambia

Zimbabwe

Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 54.9 years in 1973: 56.1 for women and 53.7 for men, a gap of 2.3 years. 65,375 people died; 14.1% of them were 65 or older and 56.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

54.9

Women

56.1

Men

53.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

97.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

165.8

Deaths

65,375

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.9

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

281

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

248

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	96.60	111.57	56.1	53.7
1-4	19.64	20.41	60.6	58.9
5-9	4.70	4.69	61.4	59.7
10-14	2.86	2.67	57.8	56.1
15-19	3.13	3.06	53.6	51.8
20-24	3.83	4.10	49.4	47.6
25-29	4.33	4.29	45.3	43.5
30-34	4.77	4.70	41.3	39.4
35-39	5.39	5.58	37.2	35.3
40-44	6.18	6.86	33.1	31.2
45-49	7.14	8.78	29.1	27.2
50-54	9.45	12.06	25.1	23.3
55-59	12.87	16.50	21.2	19.6
60-64	20.03	24.74	17.4	16.0
65-69	31.55	37.68	13.9	12.8
70-74	51.55	59.64	10.9	10.0
75-79	80.84	93.62	8.4	7.6
80-84	122.88	143.46	6.3	5.6
85-89	182.43	213.48	4.7	4.2
90-94	257.17	298.73	3.6	3.2
95-99	350.68	404.16	2.7	2.4
100+	461.40	520.40	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Zambia by year

Mortality in Zambia, 1973

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