Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in Canada, 1968

Canada
1968
Life expectancy: 72.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Canada was 72.2 years in 1968: 75.8 for women and 69.1 for men, a gap of 6.7 years. 150,794 people died; 61.7% of them were 65 or older and 5.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
72.2
Women
75.8
Men
69.1
Life expectancy at 65
15.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
20.5
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
24.0
Deaths
150,794
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
190
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
103
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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.
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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
018.6123.0975.869.1
1-40.800.9976.269.7
5-90.380.5872.466.0
10-140.300.4967.661.1
15-190.511.2962.756.3
20-240.581.7557.851.6
25-290.651.4653.047.1
30-340.841.6548.242.4
35-391.322.2543.337.7
40-442.023.4838.633.1
45-493.105.8034.028.7
50-545.079.1429.524.4
55-597.6815.1825.220.4
60-6411.6523.4621.016.8
65-6918.6936.8417.113.6
70-7430.6552.5313.610.9
75-7951.1280.5410.48.4
80-8486.09120.697.76.3
85-89143.68181.475.54.7
90-94229.23273.753.93.4
95-99345.12386.182.82.5
100+490.24520.512.01.9