Selected Mortality Characteristics by Sex and World Bank Region, 1990 and 2001 | | Male | Female |
| | | | % of deaths | Probability of dying per 1,000 | | | | % of deaths | Probability of dying per 1,000 | |
| Sex and region | Year | Deaths (millions) | Crude death rate per 1,000 | Under age 5 | Over age 60 | Ages 0-5a | Ages 15-60 | Ages 0-60 | Ages 60-80 | Expectation of life at birth (years) | Deaths (millions) | Crude death rate per 1,000 | Under age 5 | Over age 60 | Ages 0-5a | Ages 15-60 | Ages 0-60 | Ages 60-80 | Expectation of life at birth (years) |
| Low- and middle- income countries | 1990 | 22.5 | 10.1 | 27.9 | 39.5 | 98 | 269 | 351 | 712 | 59.9 | 19.4 | 8.9 | 29.7 | 44.6 | 95 | 182 | 270 | 585 | 64.2 |
| 2001 | 25.5 | 9.7 | 21.2 | 42.2 | 86 | 269 | 341 | 667 | 61.2 | 22.8 | 8.8 | 22.5 | 48.3 | 86 | 191 | 271 | 554 | 64.9 |
| East Asia and Pacific | 1990 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 16.3 | 50.6 | 54 | 215 | 265 | 699 | 64.9 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 17.8 | 56.2 | 53 | 152 | 204 | 577 | 68.8 |
| 2001 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 10.2 | 56.2 | 41 | 189 | 228 | 623 | 67.8 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 11.4 | 64.6 | 44 | 127 | 171 | 519 | 71.3 |
| Europe and Central Asia | 1990 | 2.5 | 11.1 | 7.9 | 55.9 | 45 | 286 | 323 | 696 | 63.6 | 2.4 | 9.9 | 6.4 | 77.5 | 37 | 125 | 162 | 503 | 72.3 |
| 2001 | 3.0 | 13.0 | 3.2 | 59.6 | 32 | 328 | 353 | 711 | 63.0 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 2.9 | 81.5 | 26 | 133 | 159 | 511 | 72.8 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 1990 | 1.7 | 7.8 | 19.5 | 44.7 | 56 | 245 | 294 | 640 | 64.5 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 20.1 | 53.9 | 45 | 138 | 182 | 493 | 71.3 |
| 2001 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 12.4 | 49.1 | 38 | 218 | 252 | 572 | 67.6 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 61.3 | 32 | 124 | 155 | 434 | 73.9 |
| Middle East and North Africa | 1990 | 1.0 | 8.2 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 83 | 247 | 318 | 688 | 62.0 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 37.7 | 36.1 | 76 | 174 | 245 | 593 | 66.1 |
| 2001 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 21.6 | 45.2 | 56 | 216 | 267 | 674 | 65.2 | 0.8 | 5.5 | 23.5 | 49.7 | 51 | 144 | 193 | 562 | 69.5 |
| South Asia | 1990 | 6.8 | 11.7 | 32.4 | 35.0 | 122 | 310 | 407 | 754 | 56.4 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 37.0 | 33.7 | 131 | 243 | 357 | 680 | 57.9 |
| 2001 | 7.1 | 9.9 | 25.1 | 39.2 | 94 | 285 | 362 | 710 | 59.9 | 6.5 | 9.6 | 28.3 | 40.2 | 101 | 226 | 317 | 645 | 61.5 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 1990 | 3.9 | 15.6 | 54.1 | 17.0 | 191 | 386 | 517 | 758 | 49.6 | 3.3 | 12.9 | 54.8 | 19.6 | 168 | 265 | 403 | 664 | 55.1 |
| 2001 | 5.6 | 16.9 | 42.2 | 16.9 | 178 | 518 | 616 | 760 | 46.0 | 5.2 | 15.5 | 40.9 | 18.3 | 166 | 437 | 545 | 680 | 48.9 |
| High-income countries | 1990 | 3.9 | 9.1 | 1.7 | 76.2 | 12 | 148 | 160 | 542 | 72.9 | 3.6 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 87.3 | 9 | 74 | 83 | 346 | 79.7 |
| 2001 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 1.0 | 78.7 | 7 | 124 | 132 | 469 | 75.5 | 3.9 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 88.3 | 6 | 65 | 73 | 297 | 81.6 |
| World | 1990 | 26.4 | 10.0 | 24.0 | 44.8 | 91 | 245 | 323 | 667 | 61.7 | 23.0 | 8.8 | 25.2 | 51.3 | 88 | 161 | 244 | 516 | 66.6 |
| 2001 | 29.5 | 9.6 | 18.5 | 47.2 | 80 | 243 | 312 | 618 | 63.1 | 26.7 | 8.7 | 19.3 | 54.1 | 80 | 168 | 244 | 487 | 67.3 |
Sources: Estimates for 1990 are authors' calculations, based on country-level life tables (see annex 2A). Estimates for 2001 are derived from Lopez and others 2002.
a. Estimates of child mortality are rounded to the nearest whole number.
