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

Mortality in Zambia, 1994

Zambia
1994
Life expectancy: 46.3
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 46.3 years in 1994: 47.4 for women and 45.2 for men, a gap of 2.2 years. 148,750 people died; 13.2% of them were 65 or older and 46.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
46.3
Women
47.4
Men
45.2
Life expectancy at 65
11.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
102.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
177.9
Deaths
148,750
Deaths per 1,000 people
17.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
500
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
465
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994'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
0101.59118.5247.445.2
1-421.6622.9551.349.7
5-95.245.7651.850.3
10-143.603.7148.146.7
15-194.804.9244.042.5
20-247.227.6640.038.5
25-299.799.6636.334.9
30-3411.7711.7833.031.5
35-3913.6714.4129.928.3
40-4415.0816.8426.825.2
45-4916.7119.7123.722.2
50-5420.3524.0620.619.3
55-5925.5229.4217.516.4
60-6435.9240.1914.513.6
65-6950.5455.0611.911.1
70-7470.3577.549.68.8
75-7996.44110.897.66.9
80-84135.48160.895.95.2
85-89199.34232.974.43.9
90-94279.28319.213.33.0
95-99378.22424.262.62.3
100+493.32539.402.01.9