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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1985 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 686.222; Andorra is lowest, at 73.157. The middle country reads 204.686. Against 1984, 222 values changed (46 up, 176 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 1985

HighestAfghanistan

686.222

LowestAndorra

73.157

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), 1985, 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), 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia686.222529.30791.742
2Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia678.320449.58823.091
3South SudanSSDEastern Africa621.583583.68660.427
4EritreaERIEastern Africa503.231448.77555.962
5MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa493.812393.15589.512
6EthiopiaETHEastern Africa469.605422.48518.178
7UgandaUGAEastern Africa463.058375.32545.608
8AngolaAGOMiddle Africa462.756380.44538.005
9LiberiaLBRWestern Africa401.796394.16409.118
10DR CongoCODMiddle Africa393.544377.77410.646
11NigeriaNGAWestern Africa392.270361.56422.639
12CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia392.064314.61484.191
13BurundiBDIEastern Africa391.668360.62424.701
14ChadTCDMiddle Africa386.113335.28437.337
15MalawiMWIEastern Africa373.780335.18413.731
16Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa370.001342.76397.708
17MaliMLIWestern Africa369.288345.92392.119
18SomaliaSOMEastern Africa368.551341.54395.175
19GambiaGMBWestern Africa365.314348.41381.857
20Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa365.272325.09407.413
21NepalNPLSouthern Asia358.023349.03367.532
22NauruNRUMicronesia355.466270.44419.351
23Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa355.229317.93387.728
24NigerNERWestern Africa354.627345.70367.225
25RwandaRWAEastern Africa353.913326.77379.286

02In 1985

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Afghanistan686.222
  2. 2Timor-Leste678.320
  3. 3South Sudan621.583
  4. 4Eritrea503.231
  5. 5Mozambique493.812

Lowest

  1. 222Andorra73.157
  2. 221San Marino79.035
  3. 220Monaco79.848
  4. 219Liechtenstein87.064
  5. 218Iceland88.166

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 204.686. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestSouth Sudan583.68

    LowestAndorra43.51

    Middle country: 151.02

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

    HighestTimor-Leste823.091

    LowestAndorra99.290

    Middle country: 247.709

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 46 · 176rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Uganda487.703 → 463.058−24.646
  • Russia249.616 → 231.098−18.518
  • Thailand244.574 → 226.174−18.400
  • El Salvador317.488 → 300.459−17.029
  • Fiji304.287 → 288.738−15.549

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 1985.

  • 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 (1985). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/1985

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1985?

Afghanistan, at 686.222, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1985?

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), 1985 the newest?

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

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