Data for 1970
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970
1970, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 720.718; Faroe Islands is lowest, at 98.983. The middle country reads 253.181. Against 1969, 222 values changed (36 up, 186 down), the same countries are covered.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 1970
HighestSouth Sudan
720.718LowestFaroe Islands
98.983Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 720.718 | 579.72 | 824.59 | |
| 2 | 672.329 | 596.07 | 738.71 | |
| 3 | 630.410 | 416.34 | 766.69 | |
| 4 | 518.439 | 482.55 | 551.14 | |
| 5 | 517.806 | 489.87 | 541.49 | |
| 6 | 506.266 | 384.66 | 608.71 | |
| 7 | 473.769 | 445.08 | 497.61 | |
| 8 | 473.155 | 394.19 | 540.29 | |
| 9 | 470.901 | 446.27 | 500.35 | |
| 10 | 469.902 | 434.04 | 502.94 | |
| 11 | 468.855 | 434.49 | 503.29 | |
| 12 | 441.657 | 409.65 | 473.26 | |
| 13 | 440.502 | 420.40 | 459.10 | |
| 14 | 437.348 | 397.28 | 477.27 | |
| 15 | 435.555 | 364.87 | 503.88 | |
| 16 | 435.255 | 421.04 | 449.67 | |
| 17 | 435.250 | 426.99 | 442.28 | |
| 18 | 434.860 | 380.74 | 486.94 | |
| 19 | 423.328 | 398.92 | 449.87 | |
| 20 | 416.377 | 394.26 | 441.54 | |
| 21 | 412.671 | 386.50 | 439.26 | |
| 22 | 412.204 | 404.12 | 421.66 | |
| 23 | 411.670 | 389.86 | 433.18 | |
| 24 | 410.641 | 379.12 | 441.88 | |
| 25 | 409.763 | 375.14 | 439.04 | |
| 26 | 406.691 | 374.60 | 438.20 | |
| 27 | 406.206 | 378.02 | 436.95 | |
| 28 | 403.730 | 365.06 | 439.39 | |
| 29 | 400.929 | 380.64 | 421.93 | |
| 30 | 397.383 | 370.11 | 419.33 | |
| 31 | 396.513 | 356.76 | 439.95 | |
| 32 | 392.898 | 365.55 | 422.01 | |
| 33 | 392.603 | 356.14 | 429.19 | |
| 34 | 391.748 | 363.44 | 419.50 | |
| 35 | 389.630 | 349.14 | 426.16 | |
| 36 | 386.845 | 361.24 | 411.37 | |
| 37 | 384.997 | 323.31 | 444.32 | |
| 38 | 383.837 | 323.60 | 442.47 | |
| 39 | 374.607 | 340.48 | 408.67 | |
| 40 | 372.679 | 378.08 | 367.18 | |
| 41 | 371.343 | 314.61 | 416.63 | |
| 42 | 370.078 | 358.96 | 380.88 | |
| 43 | 368.310 | 326.83 | 408.34 | |
| 44 | 367.716 | 424.75 | 312.14 | |
| 45 | 367.339 | 268.73 | 385.53 | |
| 46 | 366.591 | 326.10 | 403.34 | |
| 47 | 364.018 | 305.82 | 419.08 | |
| 48 | 357.729 | 328.42 | 391.92 | |
| 49 | 356.971 | 321.21 | 381.77 | |
| 50 | 356.851 | 361.50 | 353.22 | |
| 51 | 356.025 | 323.18 | 388.91 | |
| 52 | 355.900 | 322.71 | 390.17 | |
| 53 | 355.165 | 242.73 | 457.97 | |
| 54 | 352.279 | 351.70 | 352.66 | |
| 55 | 351.115 | 300.67 | 399.91 | |
| 56 | 350.493 | 234.31 | 449.29 | |
| 57 | 349.437 | 331.54 | 368.83 | |
| 58 | 349.372 | 294.72 | 416.13 | |
| 59 | 347.208 | 307.37 | 383.99 | |
| 60 | 344.682 | 310.14 | 371.80 | |
| 61 | 344.137 | 314.29 | 377.04 | |
| 62 | 341.720 | 298.49 | 385.73 | |
| 63 | 341.404 | 260.71 | 432.51 | |
| 64 | 339.963 | 331.17 | 347.77 | |
| 65 | 338.194 | 321.24 | 355.92 | |
| 66 | 333.955 | 280.05 | 382.57 | |
| 67 | 330.207 | 303.63 | 355.95 | |
| 68 | 326.112 | 277.59 | 375.54 | |
| 69 | 325.668 | 300.02 | 353.01 | |
| 70 | 325.169 | 281.46 | 364.16 | |
| 71 | 323.959 | 262.99 | 377.72 | |
| 72 | 322.982 | 281.88 | 363.58 | |
| 73 | 321.855 | 296.50 | 347.69 | |
| 74 | 321.452 | 231.98 | 386.38 | |
| 75 | 314.257 | 290.73 | 336.27 | |
| 76 | 312.044 | 253.88 | 369.90 | |
| 77 | 312.005 | 269.33 | 362.23 | |
| 78 | 311.266 | 284.49 | 337.99 | |
| 79 | 310.396 | 277.89 | 346.93 | |
| 80 | 310.005 | 252.34 | 358.47 | |
| 81 | 305.400 | 230.56 | 362.61 | |
| 82 | 303.822 | 267.13 | 339.41 | |
| 83 | 298.245 | 246.12 | 343.58 | |
| 84 | 296.956 | 222.61 | 365.67 | |
| 85 | 295.771 | 251.07 | 335.09 | |
| 86 | 290.063 | 251.48 | 326.44 | |
| 87 | 289.502 | 273.75 | 305.30 | |
| 88 | 289.166 | 240.24 | 339.75 | |
| 89 | 287.975 | 203.46 | 385.25 | |
| 90 | 286.922 | 218.68 | 364.56 | |
| 91 | 285.611 | 242.13 | 324.79 | |
| 92 | 285.139 | 244.11 | 325.72 | |
| 93 | 283.501 | 302.47 | 266.97 | |
| 94 | 282.914 | 204.32 | 372.59 | |
| 95 | 281.990 | 257.26 | 304.97 | |
| 96 | 280.701 | 207.65 | 350.44 | |
| 97 | 280.229 | 216.14 | 333.48 | |
| 98 | 277.421 | 253.50 | 298.76 | |
| 99 | 277.064 | 260.64 | 294.32 | |
| 100 | 276.530 | 239.64 | 312.44 | |
| 101 | 275.833 | 178.13 | 379.45 | |
| 102 | 273.541 | 230.42 | 310.97 | |
| 103 | 272.871 | 238.14 | 306.10 | |
| 104 | 271.086 | 187.41 | 348.72 | |
| 105 | 264.903 | 210.67 | 330.09 | |
| 106 | 264.673 | 224.08 | 311.74 | |
| 107 | 262.392 | 216.09 | 307.78 | |
| 108 | 261.992 | 245.49 | 275.19 | |
| 109 | 254.390 | 199.28 | 302.00 | |
| 110 | 254.130 | 184.14 | 299.04 | |
| 111 | 253.717 | 178.68 | 285.61 | |
| 112 | 252.644 | 213.93 | 284.92 | |
| 113 | 251.131 | 226.58 | 275.48 | |
| 114 | 248.249 | 201.37 | 312.78 | |
| 115 | 247.032 | 218.73 | 273.32 | |
| 116 | 244.400 | 250.72 | 240.57 | |
| 117 | 243.377 | 232.61 | 252.54 | |
| 118 | 241.892 | 213.11 | 283.35 | |
| 119 | 238.595 | 214.71 | 259.76 | |
| 120 | 237.948 | 199.29 | 276.10 | |
| 121 | 236.709 | 201.96 | 269.97 | |
| 122 | 235.913 | 207.86 | 265.13 | |
| 123 | 235.243 | 170.88 | 297.83 | |
| 124 | 234.214 | 183.70 | 285.46 | |
| 125 | 234.033 | 198.47 | 275.57 | |
| 126 | 232.744 | 179.73 | 283.70 | |
| 127 | 232.683 | 205.49 | 259.98 | |
| 128 | 229.267 | 209.80 | 248.03 | |
| 129 | 229.110 | 204.64 | 258.59 | |
| 130 | 226.802 | 186.02 | 273.66 | |
| 131 | 226.272 | 161.11 | 284.43 | |
| 132 | 222.399 | 173.02 | 264.45 | |
| 133 | 222.208 | 185.38 | 254.44 | |
| 134 | 221.409 | 176.46 | 278.63 | |
| 135 | 220.666 | 158.62 | 277.48 | |
| 136 | 214.445 | 157.46 | 267.36 | |
| 137 | 214.232 | 177.77 | 244.07 | |
| 138 | 214.107 | 179.12 | 254.67 | |
| 139 | 213.795 | 123.20 | 330.15 | |
| 140 | 211.349 | 174.70 | 246.17 | |
| 141 | 211.084 | 183.68 | 241.94 | |
| 142 | 210.843 | 194.07 | 226.55 | |
| 143 | 210.644 | 178.85 | 230.59 | |
| 144 | 205.844 | 145.19 | 264.39 | |
| 145 | 204.573 | 174.38 | 224.97 | |
| 146 | 203.361 | 177.89 | 228.30 | |
| 147 | 202.342 | 166.31 | 238.86 | |
| 148 | 199.554 | 130.33 | 289.01 | |
| 149 | 198.207 | 139.74 | 258.07 | |
| 150 | 196.736 | 130.36 | 263.52 | |
| 151 | 195.956 | 174.12 | 223.08 | |
| 152 | 195.466 | 167.09 | 222.89 | |
| 153 | 194.562 | 166.94 | 226.63 | |
| 154 | 192.410 | 122.13 | 253.13 | |
| 155 | 190.357 | 147.46 | 244.52 | |
| 156 | 187.750 | 135.78 | 247.66 | |
| 157 | 187.647 | 171.36 | 206.87 | |
| 158 | 187.097 | 137.94 | 227.92 | |
| 159 | 184.872 | 150.26 | 219.92 | |
| 160 | 184.704 | 160.18 | 210.03 | |
| 161 | 183.359 | 138.13 | 216.50 | |
| 162 | 182.994 | 129.23 | 236.29 | |
| 163 | 182.623 | 128.46 | 236.99 | |
| 164 | 182.018 | 116.97 | 258.47 | |
| 165 | 181.063 | 131.75 | 230.44 | |
| 166 | 180.792 | 117.70 | 251.71 | |
| 167 | 177.057 | 156.62 | 197.04 | |
| 168 | 176.654 | 134.06 | 222.49 | |
| 169 | 175.519 | 155.86 | 193.50 | |
| 170 | 174.844 | 99.60 | 253.89 | |
| 171 | 174.739 | 105.26 | 256.40 | |
| 172 | 173.886 | 108.70 | 251.22 | |
| 173 | 172.811 | 124.33 | 219.28 | |
| 174 | 171.467 | 149.75 | 194.74 | |
| 175 | 169.617 | 110.66 | 247.65 | |
| 176 | 168.989 | 121.46 | 216.00 | |
| 177 | 168.475 | 111.70 | 225.46 | |
| 178 | 166.060 | 144.49 | 187.57 | |
| 179 | 165.173 | 118.69 | 208.42 | |
| 180 | 163.449 | 110.09 | 215.63 | |
| 181 | 162.756 | 114.07 | 208.04 | |
| 182 | 162.654 | 112.90 | 219.00 | |
| 183 | 158.348 | 118.36 | 196.80 | |
| 184 | 155.868 | 106.36 | 208.64 | |
| 185 | 155.199 | 112.84 | 199.40 | |
| 186 | 153.975 | 113.87 | 197.96 | |
| 187 | 153.642 | 107.68 | 206.18 | |
| 188 | 153.617 | 101.13 | 204.68 | |
| 189 | 153.304 | 120.56 | 184.09 | |
| 190 | 152.555 | 120.01 | 187.75 | |
| 191 | 152.533 | 99.20 | 223.09 | |
| 192 | 152.302 | 104.75 | 202.73 | |
| 193 | 150.292 | 105.60 | 194.43 | |
| 194 | 147.247 | 109.47 | 192.50 | |
| 195 | 147.235 | 94.42 | 199.01 | |
| 196 | 145.794 | 102.56 | 187.18 | |
| 197 | 144.449 | 125.76 | 164.86 | |
| 198 | 143.478 | 106.89 | 180.27 | |
| 199 | 142.661 | 116.91 | 168.71 | |
| 200 | 142.067 | 110.47 | 171.66 | |
| 201 | 140.318 | 119.21 | 164.07 | |
| 202 | 139.720 | 106.88 | 172.37 | |
| 203 | 138.636 | 108.18 | 169.27 | |
| 204 | 137.698 | 104.27 | 156.48 | |
| 205 | 137.084 | 104.16 | 172.98 | |
| 206 | 136.928 | 102.58 | 174.07 | |
| 207 | 134.705 | 94.93 | 175.81 | |
| 208 | 134.325 | 105.19 | 171.40 | |
| 209 | 131.501 | 104.30 | 158.50 | |
| 210 | 130.628 | 100.09 | 160.00 | |
| 211 | 130.167 | 73.03 | 183.44 | |
| 212 | 127.458 | 92.23 | 164.65 | |
| 213 | 126.636 | 78.14 | 172.54 | |
| 214 | 126.522 | 86.99 | 166.23 | |
| 215 | 122.828 | 87.16 | 158.69 | |
| 216 | 120.783 | 90.03 | 153.12 | |
| 217 | 118.164 | 76.36 | 158.21 | |
| 218 | 117.905 | 85.20 | 155.99 | |
| 219 | 117.544 | 70.75 | 160.09 | |
| 220 | 112.726 | 83.75 | 140.49 | |
| 221 | 109.252 | 72.15 | 138.79 | |
| 222 | 98.983 | 71.55 | 122.94 |
02In 1970
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
South Sudan720.718
- 2
Equatorial Guinea672.329
- 3
Cambodia630.410
- 4
Timor-Leste518.439
- 5
Afghanistan517.806
Lowest
- 222
Faroe Islands98.983
- 221
Andorra109.252
- 220
Sweden112.726
- 219
San Marino117.544
- 218
Monaco117.905
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 253.181. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Women (deaths between 15 and 60 per 1,000 alive at 15)
Highest
Equatorial Guinea596.07
Lowest
San Marino70.75
Middle country: 208.83
Men (deaths between 15 and 60 per 1,000 alive at 15)
Highest
South Sudan824.59
Lowest
Faroe Islands122.94
Middle country: 291.67
031969 → 1970
Since 1969
What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 222values changed, of 222 in both
- 36 · 186rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Cambodia427.810 → 630.410+202.601
Peru234.408 → 370.078+135.670
Bangladesh293.493 → 367.716+74.223
Jordan258.361 → 272.871+14.509
Grenada234.553 → 248.249+13.696
Fell most
Nigeria465.538 → 441.657−23.881
Tunisia301.006 → 281.990−19.016
Taiwan201.404 → 183.359−18.045
Cook Islands277.563 → 261.992−15.571
Portugal167.797 → 152.302−15.495
Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.
04Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1970.
The position is ours
UN DESA Population Division publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.
05The files
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UN DESA Population Division (1970). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/1970
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07Questions
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970: questions and answers
Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970?
South Sudan, at 720.718, of the 222 countries in the file.
What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970 describe?
1970.
How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970 cover?
222.
Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1970 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023.