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

Mortality in Zimbabwe, 1996

Zimbabwe
1996
Life expectancy: 49.0
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Zimbabwe was 49.0 years in 1996: 51.1 for women and 46.9 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 156,313 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 22.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
49.0
Women
51.1
Men
46.9
Life expectancy at 65
11.8
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
63.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
98.4
Deaths
156,313
Deaths per 1,000 people
14.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
621
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
529
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1996'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
060.0372.3751.146.9
1-49.1910.0953.249.4
5-92.392.8951.247.3
10-141.982.2846.843.0
15-193.503.8442.238.5
20-246.537.2137.934.2
25-2910.7011.7834.130.3
30-3414.4417.2330.827.0
35-3917.9123.2527.924.2
40-4419.8327.3525.321.9
45-4922.0630.7022.719.7
50-5425.4534.2720.017.6
55-5930.0638.3217.415.4
60-6438.8048.1314.813.1
65-6950.9459.9212.511.0
70-7464.6976.9310.49.1
75-7983.19104.048.47.2
80-84115.61149.636.55.5
85-89176.12216.654.84.1
90-94254.22299.433.63.2
95-99353.69399.872.72.4
100+473.44513.562.12.0