Life expectancy at birth in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 66.6 years in 1973: 69.4 for women and 63.6 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 28,393 people died; 48.5% of them were 65 or older and 16.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

66.6

Women

69.4

Men

63.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

48.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

55.5

Deaths

28,393

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.3

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

232

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

138

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	43.96	56.50	69.4	63.6
1-4	1.71	2.02	71.5	66.2
5-9	0.48	0.76	68.0	62.7
10-14	0.41	0.55	63.1	58.0
15-19	0.55	0.95	58.3	53.1
20-24	0.79	1.64	53.4	48.3
25-29	0.84	1.84	48.6	43.7
30-34	1.27	2.44	43.8	39.1
35-39	1.79	3.15	39.1	34.5
40-44	2.37	4.79	34.4	30.1
45-49	3.87	6.77	29.8	25.7
50-54	7.18	12.09	25.3	21.5
55-59	10.92	18.93	21.1	17.7
60-64	18.72	31.98	17.2	14.2
65-69	29.88	44.19	13.6	11.2
70-74	53.35	71.86	10.4	8.4
75-79	85.22	130.32	7.8	5.9
80-84	139.29	206.97	5.6	4.2
85-89	222.80	317.95	4.0	3.0
90-94	345.66	468.23	2.8	2.1
95-99	498.21	633.54	2.0	1.6
100+	653.51	773.40	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina by year

Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1973

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