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

Mortality in Zambia, 1992

Zambia
1992
Life expectancy: 47.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1992  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 47.0 years in 1992: 48.1 for women and 45.7 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 140,679 people died; 13.4% of them were 65 or older and 48.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
47.0
Women
48.1
Men
45.7
Life expectancy at 65
11.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
103.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
182.0
Deaths
140,679
Deaths per 1,000 people
17.2
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
474
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
435
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992'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
0103.39120.4848.145.8
1-422.4423.7952.250.4
5-95.455.9052.951.3
10-143.663.7249.347.7
15-194.704.8145.243.6
20-246.817.3141.239.6
25-298.968.9737.536.0
30-3410.6010.7634.132.5
35-3912.2313.0630.929.1
40-4413.5415.3127.625.9
45-4915.0618.0524.422.8
50-5418.5422.3221.119.7
55-5923.5127.6317.916.7
60-6433.5738.1714.813.9
65-6947.9453.0012.111.2
70-7468.1975.779.78.9
75-7995.15109.517.76.9
80-84135.19159.875.95.2
85-89199.08231.914.43.9
90-94279.16318.233.33.0
95-99378.55423.522.62.3
100+494.29538.942.01.9