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

Mortality in Zambia, 1987

Zambia
1987
Life expectancy: 50.4
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 50.4 years in 1987: 51.9 for women and 48.8 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 112,138 people died; 14.5% of them were 65 or older and 51.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
50.4
Women
51.9
Men
48.8
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
100.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
175.0
Deaths
112,138
Deaths per 1,000 people
15.6
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
398
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
339
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1987'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
0100.47116.6851.948.8
1-421.2022.2956.353.7
5-95.105.3857.154.5
10-143.273.2753.550.9
15-193.894.0749.346.7
20-245.225.9345.342.6
25-296.396.8941.438.8
30-347.328.0237.635.1
35-398.369.6734.031.5
40-449.4111.5530.327.9
45-4910.6614.0226.624.4
50-5413.5817.9923.021.0
55-5917.8223.0619.417.7
60-6426.5132.7916.014.6
65-6939.7347.2112.911.7
70-7460.7570.5510.19.2
75-7990.31105.577.97.0
80-84132.97156.796.05.3
85-89195.99228.394.54.0
90-94274.93314.413.43.0
95-99372.84419.542.62.3
100+487.12534.932.11.9