Gambia, The | Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Data from United Nations Population Division's World Populaton Prospects are originally 5-year period data and the presented are linearly interpolated by the World Bank for annual series. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Where reliable age-specific mortality data are available, life tables can be constructed from age-specific mortality data, and adult mortality rates can be calculated from life tables.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of the Gambia
Records
63
Source
Gambia, The | Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
1960 437.01
1961 434.102
1962 432.35
1963 427.118
1964 423.364
1965 419.35
1966 418.091
1967 412.08
1968 409.617
1969 406.313
1970 402.284
1971 397.63
1972 392.47
1973 390.15
1974 382.445
1975 380.499
1976 375.481
1977 376.238
1978 376.949
1979 365.476
1980 360.468
1981 360.687
1982 350.194
1983 347.659
1984 343.1
1985 336.216
1986 333.489
1987 326.915
1988 323.963
1989 317.545
1990 309.985
1991 297.745
1992 286.928
1993 276.396
1994 266.369
1995 257.337
1996 254.094
1997 257.767
1998 254.861
1999 254.29
2000 261.28
2001 265.398
2002 272.421
2003 272.638
2004 269.941
2005 267.613
2006 263.041
2007 266.381
2008 261.012
2009 255.692
2010 258.996
2011 247.661
2012 237.485
2013 244.712
2014 241.137
2015 242
2016 233.36
2017 235.301
2018 237.986
2019 225.132
2020 240.112
2021 254.144
2022
Gambia, The | Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Data from United Nations Population Division's World Populaton Prospects are originally 5-year period data and the presented are linearly interpolated by the World Bank for annual series. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Where reliable age-specific mortality data are available, life tables can be constructed from age-specific mortality data, and adult mortality rates can be calculated from life tables.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of the Gambia
Records
63
Source