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

Mortality in Zimbabwe, 1989

Zimbabwe
1989
Life expectancy: 59.4
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zimbabwe was 59.4 years in 1989: 62.9 for women and 56.1 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 88,111 people died; 23.8% of them were 65 or older and 32.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
59.4
Women
62.9
Men
56.1
Life expectancy at 65
13.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
53.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
80.0
Deaths
88,111
Deaths per 1,000 people
8.9
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
398
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
257
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989'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
049.5661.4263.056.1
1-46.737.6765.158.5
5-91.842.1962.856.3
10-141.341.6558.451.9
15-191.942.6553.847.3
20-242.734.2949.342.9
25-293.525.7144.938.8
30-344.357.4340.734.8
35-395.449.7236.531.1
40-446.7112.1832.427.5
45-498.3515.2428.424.0
50-5411.1419.4824.520.7
55-5915.0624.7920.817.6
60-6422.3634.3617.214.6
65-6933.5647.7614.011.9
70-7451.3868.9411.19.4
75-7977.63101.108.67.3
80-84117.42149.666.55.5
85-89177.87217.084.84.1
90-94255.41299.923.63.2
95-99353.66400.642.72.4
100+471.59514.192.11.9