"Table 2.3 Selected Mortality Characteristics by Sex and World Bank Region, 1990 and 2001 ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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,,Deaths (millions),"Crude death rate per 1,000",% of deaths,,"Probability of dying per 1,000 ",,,,Expectation of life at birth (years),Deaths (millions),"Crude death rate per 1,000",% of deaths,,"Probability of dying per 1,000",,,,Expectation of life at birth (years)
Sex and region ,Year ,,,Under age 5,Over age 60,Ages 0–5a,Ages 15–60,Ages 0–60,Ages 60–80,,,,Under age 5 ,Over age 60 ,Ages 0–5a,Ages 15–60 ,Ages 0–60 ,Ages 60–80 ,
Low- and middle-income countries,1990,22.5,10.1,27.9,39.5,98,269,351,712,59.9,19.4,8.9,29.7,44.6,95,182,270,585,64.2
 ,2001,25.5,9.7,21.2,42.2,86,269,341,667,61.2,22.8,8.8,22.5,48.3,86,191,271,554,64.9
East Asia and Pacific ,1990,6.6,8.0,16.3,50.6,54,215,265,699,64.9,5.5,7.0,17.8,56.2,53,152,204,577,68.8
,2001,6.9,7.4,10.2,56.2,41,189,228,623,67.8,6.1,6.8,11.4,64.6,44,127,171,519,71.3
Europe and Central Asia ,1990,2.5,11.1,7.9,55.9,45,286,323,696,63.6,2.4,9.9,6.4,77.5,37,125,162,503,72.3
,2001,3.0,13.0,3.2,59.6,32,328,353,711,63.0,2.7,10.8,2.9,81.5,26,133,159,511,72.8
Latin America and the Caribbean,1990,1.7,7.8,19.5,44.7,56,245,294,640,64.5,1.3,5.7,20.1,53.9,45,138,182,493,71.3
 ,2001,1.8,7.0,12.4,49.1,38,218,252,572,67.6,1.4,5.4,12.5,61.3,32,124,155,434,73.9
Middle East and North Africa,1990,1.0,8.2,34.9,34.2,83,247,318,688,62.0,0.8,6.9,37.7,36.1,76,174,245,593,66.1
 ,2001,1.1,6.8,21.6,45.2,56,216,267,674,65.2,0.8,5.5,23.5,49.7,51,144,193,562,69.5
South Asia ,1990,6.8,11.7,32.4,35.0,122,310,407,754,56.4,6.1,11.2,37.0,33.7,131,243,357,680,57.9
,2001,7.1,9.9,25.1,39.2,94,285,362,710,59.9,6.5,9.6,28.3,40.2,101,226,317,645,61.5
Sub-Saharan Africa ,1990,3.9,15.6,54.1,17.0,191,386,517,758,49.6,3.3,12.9,54.8,19.6,168,265,403,664,55.1
,2001,5.6,16.9,42.2,16.9,178,518,616,760,46.0,5.2,15.5,40.9,18.3,166,437,545,680,48.9
High-income countries ,1990,3.9,9.1,1.7,76.2,12,148,160,542,72.9,3.6,8.2,1.3,87.3,9,74,83,346,79.7
,2001,4.0,8.8,1.0,78.7,7,124,132,469,75.5,3.9,8.2,0.8,88.3,6,65,73,297,81.6
World ,1990,26.4,10.0,24.0,44.8,91,245,323,667,61.7,23.0,8.8,25.2,51.3,88,161,244,516,66.6
,2001,29.5,9.6,18.5,47.2,80,243,312,618,63.1,26.7,8.7,19.3,54.1,80,168,244,487,67.3
"Sources: Estimates for 1990 are authors’ calculations, based on country-level life tables (see annex 2A). Estimates for 2001 are derived from Lopez and others 2002. ",,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,
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