China, Hong Kong SAR Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

China, Hong Kong SAR

1960

Life expectancy: 66.1

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Life expectancy at birth in China, Hong Kong SAR was 66.1 years in 1960: 69.6 for women and 62.0 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 19,960 people died; 24.4% of them were 65 or older and 32.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

66.1

Women

69.6

Men

62.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

58.5

Deaths

19,960

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

271

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

146

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

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	42.91	47.31	69.6	62.0
1-4	4.05	3.86	71.6	64.0
5-9	0.98	1.11	68.7	60.9
10-14	0.63	0.81	64.0	56.3
15-19	0.80	0.86	59.2	51.5
20-24	0.99	1.38	54.5	46.7
25-29	1.42	1.66	49.7	42.0
30-34	1.81	2.39	45.0	37.3
35-39	2.52	3.58	40.4	32.8
40-44	3.25	5.85	35.9	28.3
45-49	4.32	9.01	31.5	24.1
50-54	6.60	15.09	27.1	20.0
55-59	9.81	23.36	22.9	16.4
60-64	14.92	37.03	18.9	13.1
65-69	23.68	56.96	15.2	10.3
70-74	41.18	87.55	11.8	7.9
75-79	70.45	134.57	8.9	5.9
80-84	114.18	203.77	6.6	4.3
85-89	176.00	303.08	4.9	3.1
90-94	253.29	426.80	3.6	2.3
95-99	350.27	569.71	2.7	1.7
100+	469.40	701.95	2.1	1.4

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR by year

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1960

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