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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1981 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Timor-Leste is highest, at 709.6348; Andorra is lowest, at 78.2244. The middle country reads 214.1877. Against 1980, 222 values changed (38 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 1981

HighestTimor-Leste

709.6348

LowestAndorra

78.2244

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), 1981, 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), 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia709.6348493.41849.033
2AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia528.8120457.46587.858
3South SudanSSDEastern Africa471.4495459.05485.843
4UgandaUGAEastern Africa459.0577367.15542.606
5AngolaAGOMiddle Africa453.5245377.34522.894
6EritreaERIEastern Africa442.8077395.89489.121
7El SalvadorSLVCentral America436.7608245.54589.426
8CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia426.0078345.04520.399
9EthiopiaETHEastern Africa425.8842354.79496.389
10GambiaGMBWestern Africa419.2596375.19462.712
11ChadTCDMiddle Africa417.4805357.25476.691
12LiberiaLBRWestern Africa400.4518399.54401.175
13DR CongoCODMiddle Africa400.3338383.82418.539
14MaliMLIWestern Africa397.7451378.63416.175
15MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa390.2897372.23408.322
16BhutanBTNSouthern Asia385.4823357.08407.628
17NigeriaNGAWestern Africa385.1962353.84416.234
18BurundiBDIEastern Africa383.3332355.99412.742
19NigerNERWestern Africa380.7106363.89401.729
20Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa376.3951338.45415.568
21NepalNPLSouthern Asia371.4582361.30382.369
22SomaliaSOMEastern Africa370.1918342.93396.976
23GuineaGINWestern Africa367.9542341.75396.063
24Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa362.2227332.25392.609
25LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia361.3318353.05370.595

02In 1981

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Timor-Leste709.6348
  2. 2Afghanistan528.8120
  3. 3South Sudan471.4495
  4. 4Uganda459.0577
  5. 5Angola453.5245

Lowest

  1. 222Andorra78.2244
  2. 221San Marino88.8936
  3. 220Faroe Islands94.7927
  4. 219Japan96.8430
  5. 218Iceland98.9153

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 214.1877. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestTimor-Leste493.41

    LowestAndorra48.34

    Middle country: 165.12

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

    HighestTimor-Leste849.033

    LowestAndorra104.992

    Middle country: 270.571

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 38 · 184rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Iraq293.6545 → 349.5807+55.9262
  • Iran287.4474 → 341.3970+53.9496
  • Syria186.3768 → 220.3932+34.0164
  • Gambia392.3068 → 419.2596+26.9528
  • Mozambique363.4245 → 390.2897+26.8652

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 1981.

  • 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 (1981). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/1981

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1981?

Timor-Leste, at 709.6348, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1981?

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), 1981 the newest?

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

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