Australia Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Australia was 69.0 years in 1950: 71.7 for women and 66.5 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 77,951 people died; 57.5% of them were 65 or older and 7.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

69.0

Women

71.7

Men

66.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.0

Deaths

77,951

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

215

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

142

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	22.34	28.36	71.7	66.5
1-4	1.34	1.82	72.3	67.4
5-9	0.58	0.89	68.7	63.9
10-14	0.54	0.76	63.9	59.2
15-19	0.72	1.38	59.1	54.4
20-24	0.94	2.06	54.3	49.7
25-29	1.05	1.64	49.5	45.2
30-34	1.29	1.88	44.8	40.6
35-39	2.06	2.53	40.0	35.9
40-44	3.17	3.99	35.4	31.4
45-49	4.63	6.49	30.9	26.9
50-54	6.86	10.97	26.6	22.7
55-59	9.97	17.36	22.4	18.9
60-64	15.71	27.67	18.5	15.3
65-69	25.91	42.46	14.7	12.2
70-74	43.31	65.96	11.4	9.5
75-79	74.42	100.47	8.6	7.3
80-84	115.30	145.20	6.3	5.5
85-89	194.60	229.69	4.5	4.0
90-94	283.11	293.55	3.3	3.2
95-99	401.71	406.40	2.4	2.4
100+	534.76	518.43	1.9	1.9

Mortality in Australia by year

Mortality in Australia, 1950

Year

Country