Dataset

Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex

owid.annual-death-rates-in-different-age-groups-by-sex
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About

Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.

Cite as: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Central death rate at birth – HMD – females, period tables” [dataset]. Human Mortality Database, “Human Mortality Database”; United Nations, “World Population Prospects” [original data].

Publisher
Our World in Data
Tier
Official
Covers
1751–2023
Places
Countries, regions and groups of the world
Updated
annual
Last modified
2025-10-22
Units
deaths per 1,000 people
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Method
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-death-rates-in-different-age-groups-by-sex

Columns

NameTypeDescription
entitytextcountry, region or group
codetextISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions
yearinteger
central_death_rate__sex_female__age_0__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at birth (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_male__age_0__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at birth (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_female__age_10__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 10 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_male__age_10__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 10 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_female__age_15__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 15 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_male__age_15__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 15 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_female__age_25__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 25 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_male__age_25__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 25 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_female__age_45__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 45 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_male__age_45__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 45 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_female__age_65__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 65 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_male__age_65__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 65 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_female__age_80__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 80 (deaths per 1,000 people)
central_death_rate__sex_male__age_80__type_periodnumberCentral death rate at 80 (deaths per 1,000 people)

Dimensions

NameValues
entity
year

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