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

Mortality in Zambia, 2012

Zambia
2012
Life expectancy: 58.7
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zambia was 58.7 years in 2012: 60.3 for women and 57.0 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 125,114 people died; 16.6% of them were 65 or older and 34.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
58.7
Women
60.3
Men
57.0
Life expectancy at 65
12.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
50.5
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
74.3
Deaths
125,114
Deaths per 1,000 people
8.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
381
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
320
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012'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
047.5257.8260.357.0
1-46.036.6762.259.3
5-91.691.9559.756.8
10-141.341.4955.252.4
15-192.162.4750.647.7
20-243.353.9846.143.3
25-294.685.2541.839.1
30-346.026.8137.735.1
35-397.608.9533.831.2
40-449.1911.3430.027.5
45-4911.2014.3826.324.0
50-5414.3518.6322.720.6
55-5918.6424.0019.217.3
60-6426.3833.5015.814.2
65-6939.2748.1112.711.4
70-7461.6074.019.98.8
75-7995.11114.247.66.6
80-84142.18171.955.75.0
85-89208.23245.174.33.7
90-94290.79331.903.22.9
95-99392.43436.692.52.2
100+509.68551.182.01.8