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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1998

1998, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1998 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 854.81; Andorra is lowest, at 49.82. The middle country reads 182.24. Against 1997, 222 values changed (64 up, 158 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 1998

HighestSouth Sudan

854.81

LowestAndorra

49.82

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), 1998, 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), 1998: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1South SudanSSDEastern Africa854.81813.2706891.323
2ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa614.92580.4096648.405
3EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa544.02518.6116571.424
4ZambiaZMBEastern Africa530.12521.0071542.126
5MalawiMWIEastern Africa529.19501.4829556.955
6BotswanaBWASouthern Africa520.03476.8445563.893
7RwandaRWAEastern Africa514.96462.4249572.853
8LesothoLSOSouthern Africa487.33422.2380552.369
9UgandaUGAEastern Africa487.17462.5068513.723
10Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa486.62458.9586510.291
11EritreaERIEastern Africa481.15317.4887613.447
12NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa468.32438.3933501.556
13Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa453.13402.5627502.097
14BurundiBDIEastern Africa440.45397.3189485.397
15Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa425.01387.8991460.912
16AngolaAGOMiddle Africa419.43361.6775476.406
17Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa415.42409.0584420.356
18NigeriaNGAWestern Africa412.91392.9440432.941
19TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa408.96394.6207423.544
20Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa408.48330.4506488.380
21MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa398.80373.7649428.720
22KenyaKENEastern Africa386.98383.4646391.762
23DR CongoCODMiddle Africa383.25313.5663448.529
24EthiopiaETHEastern Africa382.99369.6913396.940
25Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia381.29337.4221420.628

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1South Sudan854.81
  2. 2Zimbabwe614.92
  3. 3Eswatini544.02
  4. 4Zambia530.12
  5. 5Malawi529.19

Lowest

  1. 222Andorra49.82
  2. 221Monaco50.10
  3. 220San Marino61.71
  4. 219Macau66.03
  5. 218Malta67.87

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 182.24. “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 Sudan813.2706

    LowestMonaco30.0397

    Middle country: 131.8120

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

    HighestSouth Sudan891.323

    LowestAndorra64.706

    Middle country: 232.566

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 64 · 158rose · 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 1998.

  • 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 (1998). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/1998

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1998?

South Sudan, at 854.81, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1998 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1998?

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), 1998 the newest?

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

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