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)
437.01 1960
434.102 1961
432.35 1962
427.118 1963
423.364 1964
419.35 1965
418.091 1966
412.08 1967
409.617 1968
406.313 1969
402.284 1970
397.63 1971
392.47 1972
390.15 1973
382.445 1974
380.499 1975
375.481 1976
376.238 1977
376.949 1978
365.476 1979
360.468 1980
360.687 1981
350.194 1982
347.659 1983
343.1 1984
336.216 1985
333.489 1986
326.915 1987
323.963 1988
317.545 1989
309.985 1990
297.745 1991
286.928 1992
276.396 1993
266.369 1994
257.337 1995
254.094 1996
257.767 1997
254.861 1998
254.29 1999
261.28 2000
265.398 2001
272.421 2002
272.638 2003
269.941 2004
267.613 2005
263.041 2006
266.381 2007
261.012 2008
255.692 2009
258.996 2010
247.661 2011
237.485 2012
244.712 2013
241.137 2014
242 2015
233.36 2016
235.301 2017
237.986 2018
225.132 2019
240.112 2020
254.144 2021
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