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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1987

1987, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1987 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 864.12; Monaco is lowest, at 64.78. The middle country reads 198.49. Against 1986, 222 values changed (59 up, 163 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 1987

HighestSouth Sudan

864.12

LowestMonaco

64.78

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), 1987, 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), 1987: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1South SudanSSDEastern Africa864.12821.174900.092
2Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia662.30428.540807.729
3AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia566.60453.612658.988
4AngolaAGOMiddle Africa498.78400.405585.730
5MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa483.40381.320580.963
6ChadTCDMiddle Africa467.20342.003575.365
7UgandaUGAEastern Africa430.61380.397482.474
8EritreaERIEastern Africa419.92371.104468.447
9BurundiBDIEastern Africa413.94377.671452.149
10NigeriaNGAWestern Africa397.80370.566424.839
11MalawiMWIEastern Africa396.60361.504432.768
12LiberiaLBRWestern Africa390.26381.136398.927
13EthiopiaETHEastern Africa389.57362.177418.924
14DR CongoCODMiddle Africa385.33368.200403.680
15RwandaRWAEastern Africa377.97348.370405.632
16Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa374.75349.401400.604
17ZambiaZMBEastern Africa366.26338.781397.530
18Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa363.90323.141406.633
19Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa362.49324.200394.340
20SomaliaSOMEastern Africa358.96331.787385.817
21MaliMLIWestern Africa357.40338.262376.463
22GambiaGMBWestern Africa355.33336.974373.367
23NauruNRUMicronesia355.23273.731414.764
24HaitiHTICaribbean351.24331.242372.422
25NicaraguaNICCentral America345.69204.321471.584

02In 1987

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Sudan864.12
  2. 2Timor-Leste662.30
  3. 3Afghanistan566.60
  4. 4Angola498.78
  5. 5Mozambique483.40

Lowest

  1. 222Monaco64.78
  2. 221Andorra71.56
  3. 220San Marino75.31
  4. 219Liechtenstein78.85
  5. 218Japan86.42

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 198.49. “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 Sudan821.174

    LowestAndorra41.463

    Middle country: 146.826

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

    HighestSouth Sudan900.092

    LowestMonaco85.386

    Middle country: 245.082

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 59 · 163rose · 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 1987.

  • 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 (1987). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/1987

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1987: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1987?

South Sudan, at 864.12, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1987 describe?

1987.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1987 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1987?

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), 1987 the newest?

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

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