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

Zimbabwe

1981

Life expectancy: 59.4

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Zimbabwe

Life expectancy at birth in Zimbabwe was 59.4 years in 1981: 62.5 for women and 56.4 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 75,922 people died; 21.2% of them were 65 or older and 45.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

59.4

Women

62.5

Men

56.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

66.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

103.7

Deaths

75,922

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

334

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

219

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	62.63	76.35	62.5	56.4
1-4	9.72	10.93	65.5	59.8
5-9	2.50	2.89	64.0	58.4
10-14	1.65	1.94	59.8	54.2
15-19	2.06	2.74	55.3	49.7
20-24	2.64	4.06	50.8	45.3
25-29	3.14	4.79	46.5	41.2
30-34	3.67	5.74	42.2	37.2
35-39	4.42	7.20	37.9	33.2
40-44	5.38	9.03	33.7	29.3
45-49	6.60	11.55	29.5	25.5
50-54	8.98	15.44	25.4	21.9
55-59	12.43	20.53	21.5	18.4
60-64	19.21	29.67	17.7	15.1
65-69	30.15	43.46	14.2	12.2
70-74	49.19	66.17	11.1	9.5
75-79	77.77	100.27	8.5	7.3
80-84	120.05	150.03	6.4	5.5
85-89	180.69	218.14	4.8	4.1
90-94	258.06	301.36	3.6	3.1
95-99	355.70	402.85	2.7	2.4
100+	472.34	516.64	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Zimbabwe by year

Mortality in Zimbabwe, 1981

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