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

China, Hong Kong SAR

1957

Life expectancy: 64.0

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Life expectancy at birth in China, Hong Kong SAR was 64.0 years in 1957: 67.7 for women and 59.6 for men, a gap of 8.0 years. 20,007 people died; 20.8% of them were 65 or older and 37.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

64.0

Women

67.7

Men

59.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

73.6

Deaths

20,007

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

308

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

155

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	54.37	57.44	67.7	59.6
1-4	5.67	5.08	70.4	62.1
5-9	1.29	1.44	68.0	59.3
10-14	0.72	1.01	63.4	54.8
15-19	0.77	0.88	58.6	50.0
20-24	1.16	1.37	53.8	45.2
25-29	1.58	1.88	49.1	40.5
30-34	2.14	2.99	44.5	35.9
35-39	2.91	4.59	39.9	31.4
40-44	3.66	7.33	35.5	27.0
45-49	4.53	11.16	31.1	23.0
50-54	6.87	17.24	26.8	19.1
55-59	10.03	26.11	22.6	15.6
60-64	15.42	41.31	18.6	12.4
65-69	24.70	63.11	14.9	9.7
70-74	43.25	96.35	11.5	7.4
75-79	73.60	146.45	8.7	5.5
80-84	118.01	220.47	6.5	4.0
85-89	179.15	323.29	4.8	2.9
90-94	253.90	451.93	3.6	2.2
95-99	347.15	599.76	2.8	1.7
100+	461.55	730.51	2.2	1.4

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR by year

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1957

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