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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1952

1952, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1952 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. North Korea is highest, at 675.967; Netherlands is lowest, at 123.738. The middle country reads 356.302. Against 1951, 222 values changed (10 up, 212 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 1952

HighestNorth Korea

675.967

LowestNetherlands

123.738

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), 1952, 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), 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1North KoreaPRKEastern Asia675.967493.271835.10
2AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia622.931594.098644.81
3Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia610.825575.514644.75
4South KoreaKOREastern Asia589.441390.522729.83
5Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia582.674570.459591.26
6BhutanBTNSouthern Asia542.824513.528569.30
7South SudanSSDEastern Africa541.973472.457599.89
8Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa515.544481.692548.41
9EritreaERIEastern Africa514.254485.601544.13
10OmanOMNWestern Asia510.694428.739579.94
11GreenlandGRLNorthern America504.959486.092525.25
12Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa502.269464.099537.22
13Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia501.414437.402540.77
14MaliMLIWestern Africa497.062461.424529.18
15CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia494.191482.972505.80
16MadagascarMDGEastern Africa493.814474.006513.16
17Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia493.663414.738544.68
18GambiaGMBWestern Africa493.487484.380503.52
19GuatemalaGTMCentral America493.372489.661496.70
20TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa492.129467.231517.55
21MoroccoMARNorthern Africa491.060462.659519.11
22ChadTCDMiddle Africa485.145444.109526.16
23NigerNERWestern Africa484.300465.523510.39
24EthiopiaETHEastern Africa476.972404.377546.23
25Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa476.687448.313505.59

02In 1952

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1North Korea675.967
  2. 2Afghanistan622.931
  3. 3Timor-Leste610.825
  4. 4South Korea589.441
  5. 5Cook Islands582.674

Lowest

  1. 222Netherlands123.738
  2. 221Norway125.241
  3. 220Sweden133.583
  4. 219Denmark138.842
  5. 218San Marino140.133

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 356.302. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestAfghanistan594.098

    LowestSan Marino93.949

    Middle country: 311.133

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

    HighestNorth Korea835.10

    LowestNetherlands140.33

    Middle country: 394.04

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

What changed between 1951 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 10 · 212rose · 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 1952.

  • 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 (1952). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/1952

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1952: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1952?

North Korea, at 675.967, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1952 describe?

1952.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1952 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1952?

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), 1952 the newest?

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

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