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

Zimbabwe

1985

Life expectancy: 60.9

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Zimbabwe

Life expectancy at birth in Zimbabwe was 60.9 years in 1985: 64.3 for women and 57.5 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 77,009 people died; 23.6% of them were 65 or older and 40.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

60.9

Women

64.3

Men

57.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

56.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

85.2

Deaths

77,009

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.9

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

344

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

212

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	52.38	64.86	64.3	57.5
1-4	7.33	8.36	66.7	60.3
5-9	1.95	2.34	64.7	58.3
10-14	1.34	1.67	60.3	53.9
15-19	1.76	2.54	55.7	49.4
20-24	2.32	3.87	51.1	45.0
25-29	2.82	4.73	46.7	40.8
30-34	3.38	5.84	42.3	36.7
35-39	4.18	7.48	38.0	32.7
40-44	5.21	9.50	33.8	28.9
45-49	6.56	12.24	29.6	25.1
50-54	9.00	16.32	25.5	21.6
55-59	12.51	21.64	21.5	18.2
60-64	19.23	31.02	17.7	15.0
65-69	30.03	44.81	14.3	12.1
70-74	48.69	67.11	11.2	9.5
75-79	76.81	100.54	8.6	7.3
80-84	118.74	149.79	6.4	5.5
85-89	179.36	217.53	4.8	4.1
90-94	256.97	300.57	3.6	3.1
95-99	355.13	401.68	2.7	2.4
100+	472.68	515.36	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Zimbabwe by year

Mortality in Zimbabwe, 1985

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