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

Zambia

1986

Life expectancy: 51.1

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Zambia

Zimbabwe

Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 51.1 years in 1986: 52.8 for women and 49.5 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 106,363 people died; 14.8% of them were 65 or older and 51.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1986

Life expectancy at birth

51.1

Women

52.8

Men

49.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

99.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

171.9

Deaths

106,363

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.2

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

386

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

322

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1986's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1986

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	99.11	115.00	52.8	49.5
1-4	20.65	21.69	57.1	54.3
5-9	4.97	5.23	57.9	55.1
10-14	3.17	3.18	54.3	51.5
15-19	3.74	3.94	50.1	47.2
20-24	4.93	5.71	46.0	43.1
25-29	5.97	6.58	42.1	39.3
30-34	6.80	7.63	38.3	35.5
35-39	7.76	9.20	34.5	31.8
40-44	8.77	11.02	30.8	28.2
45-49	9.98	13.46	27.0	24.6
50-54	12.80	17.38	23.3	21.2
55-59	16.89	22.42	19.7	17.9
60-64	25.31	32.02	16.2	14.7
65-69	38.31	46.36	13.0	11.8
70-74	59.44	69.72	10.2	9.2
75-79	89.46	104.88	7.9	7.1
80-84	132.61	156.21	6.0	5.3
85-89	195.52	227.75	4.5	4.0
90-94	274.32	313.73	3.4	3.0
95-99	372.08	418.87	2.6	2.3
100+	486.24	534.30	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Zambia by year

Mortality in Zambia, 1986

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