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

Mortality in Zambia, 1997

Zambia
1997
Life expectancy: 45.7
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 45.7 years in 1997: 46.7 for women and 44.7 for men, a gap of 2.0 years. 159,556 people died; 12.9% of them were 65 or older and 43.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
45.7
Women
46.7
Men
44.7
Life expectancy at 65
11.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
98.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
168.3
Deaths
159,556
Deaths per 1,000 people
17.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
535
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
507
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
097.01113.6946.744.7
1-419.8121.1450.349.0
5-94.855.4550.349.1
10-143.463.6346.545.4
15-194.915.0242.341.2
20-247.748.0538.237.2
25-2910.9510.5434.733.6
30-3413.4813.1931.530.3
35-3915.8516.3328.527.1
40-4417.4319.0725.624.2
45-4919.2422.1322.721.4
50-5423.0826.6019.818.6
55-5928.4832.0316.915.9
60-6439.2143.1314.113.3
65-6954.1158.0411.610.8
70-7473.4080.119.48.7
75-7998.51112.917.66.8
80-84136.58162.685.95.2
85-89200.80234.954.43.9
90-94281.17321.283.33.0
95-99380.55426.312.62.3
100+496.01541.362.01.9