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Table 23. Indicators related to life expectancy
Life expectancy at
Infant
birth (years) mortality rate Child death rate
Male Female (aged under 1) (aged 1-4)
1965 1983 1965 1983 1965 1983 1965 1983
Low-incomeconomies 49w 58 w 51 w 60 w 122w 75 w 19 w 9 w
ChinaandIndia 51 w 61 w 53w 63w 115w 61 w 16w 6w
Other low-income 44 w 50 w 45 w 52 w 147 w 115 w 27 w 18 w
Sub-Saharan Africa 42 w 46 w 45 w 49 w 156 w 119w 35 w 23 w
1 Ethiopia 43 47 166 37
2 Bangladesh 45 49 44 50 153 132 24 19
3 Mali 37 43 39 47 184 148 47 31
4 Nepal 40 47 39 45 184 143 30 21
5 Zaire 43 49 46 52 142 106 30 20
6 Burkina 40 43 42 46 193 148 52 31
7 Burma 45 53 48 57 143 93 21 11
8 Maiawi 37 43 40 45 201 164 55 38
9 Uganda 46 48 49 50 126 108 26 21
10 Burundi 42 45 45 48 169 123 38 25
11 Niger 40 43 42 47 181 139 46 28
12 Tanzania 41 49 44 52 138 97 29 18
13 Somaa .. 43 46 166 142 37 30
14 India 46 56 44 54 151 93 23 11
15 Rwanda 47 45 51 48 159 125 35 26
16 Centra]AfricanRep. 40 46 41 49 184 142 47 29
17 Togo 40 47 43 50 158 112 36 17
18 Benin 41 46 43 50 193 148 52 31
19 China 55 65 59 69 90 38 11 2
20 Guinea 34 37 36 38 197 158 53 36
21 Haiti 46 53 47 56 160 107 37 15
22 Ghana 49 57 52 61 132 97 25 12
23 Madagascar 41 49 44 50 99 66 18 10
24 Sierra Leone 32 37 33 38 230 198 69 54
25 SriLanka 63 67 64 71 63 37 6 2
26 Kenya 48 55 51 59 124 81 25 14
27 Pakistan 46 51 44 49 150 119 23 16
28 Sudan 39 47 41 49 161 117 37 19
29 Afghanistan 34 .. 35 223 39
30 Bhutan 34 44 32 42 184 162 30 26
31 Chad 39 42 41 45 184 142 47 29
32 Kampuchea, Dem. 43 . 45 135 19
33 Lao PDR 39 42 42 45 196 159 34 25
34 Mozambique 36 44 39 47 148 109 31 16
35 Viet Nam 47 62 50 66 89 53 8 4
Middle-incomeeconomies 51w 59w 55w 63w 112w 75w 18w 9w
Oil exporters 47 w 55 w 49 w 58 w 129 w 91 w 23 w 12 w
Oilimporters 55w 62w 59w 66w 98w 61 w 15w 6w
Sub-SaharanAfrica 41 w 48w 44w 51 w 150w 112w 32w 17w
Lower middle-income 47 w 55 w 50 w 59 w 127 w 87 w 22 w 11 w
36 Senegal 40 44 42 47 172 140 42 28
37 Lesotho 47 51 50 55 138 109 20 14
38 Liberia 41 47 43 50 149 111 32 17
39 Mauritania 39 44 41 47 171 136 41 16
40 Bolivia 42 49 46 53 161 123 37 21
41 Yemen, PDR 38 45 39 47 194 137 52 27
42 Yemen Arab Rep. 37 43 38 45 200 152 55 33
43 Indonesia 43 52 45 55 138 101 20 13
44 Zambia 42 49 46 52 137 100 29 19
45 Honduras 48 58 51 62 131 81 24 8
46 Egypt, Arab Rep. 48 56 49 59 123 102 21 14
47 El Salvador 52 62 56 66 120 70 20 6
48 IvoryCoast 43 50 45 53 160 121 37 20
49 Zimbabwe 50 52 58 60 106 69 15 7
50 Morocco 48 51 51 54 149 98 32 12
51 Papua New Guinea 44 54 44 53 148 97 23 12
52 Philppines 55 63 58 66 90 49 11 4
53 Nigeria 40 47 43 50 152 113 33 17
54 Cameroon 44 52 47 55 155 116 34 19
55 Thailand 53 61 58 65 90 50 11 4
56 Nicaragua 49 56 51 60 129 84 24 9
57 Costa Rica 63 72 66 76 74 20 8 1
58 Peru 49 57 52 60 131 98 24 12
59 Guatemala 49 58 51 62 109 67 16 5
60 Congo, People's Rep. 52 62 56 65 116 82 19 8
61 Turkey 52 61 55 66 157 82 35 8
62 Tunsia 51 60 52 63 145 83 30 8
63 Jamaica 63 68 67 72 51 28 4 2
64 Dominican Rep. 52 61 56 65 103 63 14 5
Note: For data comparability and coverage see the technical notes.
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