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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1976

1976, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1976 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Cambodia is highest, at 989.908; Andorra is lowest, at 93.448. The middle country reads 223.684. Against 1975, 222 values changed (37 up, 185 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 1976

HighestCambodia

989.908

LowestAndorra

93.448

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), 1976, 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), 1976: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia989.908979.919995.587
2Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia770.353559.330883.183
3Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa697.770623.187763.022
4LebanonLBNWestern Asia684.855437.827825.526
5AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia481.014454.325504.022
6South SudanSSDEastern Africa480.097458.236504.507
7EritreaERIEastern Africa477.739415.669536.432
8AngolaAGOMiddle Africa473.983390.344547.024
9EthiopiaETHEastern Africa450.469372.716525.448
10MaliMLIWestern Africa434.920408.887459.546
11NigerNERWestern Africa433.228403.098468.225
12BhutanBTNSouthern Asia426.554399.280448.362
13ChadTCDMiddle Africa425.714369.737480.057
14GuatemalaGTMCentral America416.930390.454441.789
15LiberiaLBRWestern Africa414.319409.614418.457
16GambiaGMBWestern Africa407.899391.695424.050
17DR CongoCODMiddle Africa406.987387.093429.177
18UgandaUGAEastern Africa406.065360.531450.001
19LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia403.066385.546421.512
20BurundiBDIEastern Africa402.961375.871432.695
21NigeriaNGAWestern Africa400.414372.997427.811
22SomaliaSOMEastern Africa398.873369.540427.509
23NepalNPLSouthern Asia391.742382.160402.458
24GuineaGINWestern Africa391.434362.946420.729
25Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa390.595355.648425.224

02In 1976

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Cambodia989.908
  2. 2Timor-Leste770.353
  3. 3Equatorial Guinea697.770
  4. 4Lebanon684.855
  5. 5Afghanistan481.014

Lowest

  1. 222Andorra93.448
  2. 221Faroe Islands98.415
  3. 220San Marino100.848
  4. 219Iceland106.068
  5. 218Liechtenstein106.745

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 223.684. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestCambodia979.919

    LowestAndorra60.096

    Middle country: 182.785

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

    HighestCambodia995.587

    LowestAndorra121.133

    Middle country: 269.579

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 37 · 185rose · 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 1976.

  • 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 (1976). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/1976

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1976: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1976?

Cambodia, at 989.908, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1976 describe?

1976.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1976 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1976?

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), 1976 the newest?

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

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