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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1975

1975, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1975 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Cambodia is highest, at 989.994; Andorra is lowest, at 96.616. The middle country reads 228.801. Against 1974, 222 values changed (44 up, 178 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 1975

HighestCambodia

989.994

LowestAndorra

96.616

Shaded 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), 1975, 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

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1975: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia989.994965.332997.581
2Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia785.150578.754890.919
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa555.496479.354626.736
4EritreaERIEastern Africa510.351447.866568.825
5AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia487.156459.973510.516
6South SudanSSDEastern Africa481.490457.748507.880
7AngolaAGOMiddle Africa470.176388.950541.127
8EthiopiaETHEastern Africa468.338396.815537.736
9NigerNERWestern Africa444.310413.723479.789
10MaliMLIWestern Africa442.078411.057471.154
11BhutanBTNSouthern Asia434.913407.747456.771
12LiberiaLBRWestern Africa417.283411.515422.359
13ChadTCDMiddle Africa417.162371.415462.547
14GambiaGMBWestern Africa414.594398.853430.372
15NigeriaNGAWestern Africa409.982376.323443.222
16DR CongoCODMiddle Africa407.677387.009430.773
17BurundiBDIEastern Africa404.599377.909433.961
18UgandaUGAEastern Africa401.831356.347445.433
19SomaliaSOMEastern Africa401.155371.722429.877
20AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa399.069375.982420.551
21LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia396.834383.844410.839
22NepalNPLSouthern Asia396.138385.566407.885
23GuineaGINWestern Africa395.837366.782425.474
24MalawiMWIEastern Africa393.260365.630423.027
25Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa392.855358.098427.056

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Cambodia989.994
  2. 2Timor-Leste785.150
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea555.496
  4. 4Eritrea510.351
  5. 5Afghanistan487.156

Lowest

  1. 222Andorra96.616
  2. 221Faroe Islands98.782
  3. 220San Marino103.268
  4. 219Liechtenstein109.829
  5. 218Norway112.252

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 228.801. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (deaths between 15 and 60 per 1,000 alive at 15)

    HighestCambodia965.332

    LowestSan Marino61.970

    Middle country: 188.876

  • Men (deaths between 15 and 60 per 1,000 alive at 15)

    HighestCambodia997.581

    LowestFaroe Islands123.600

    Middle country: 274.563

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 44 · 178rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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.

The site’s method

  • 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 1975.

  • 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1975). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/1975

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1975: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1975?

Cambodia, at 989.994, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1975 describe?

1975.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1975 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1975?

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), 1975 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023.

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