China, Hong Kong SAR Mortality 1961: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

China, Hong Kong SAR

1961

Life expectancy: 66.9

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Life expectancy at birth in China, Hong Kong SAR was 66.9 years in 1961: 70.2 for women and 62.8 for men, a gap of 7.4 years. 19,661 people died; 26.2% of them were 65 or older and 30.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1961

Life expectancy at birth

66.9

Women

70.2

Men

62.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

40.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

53.8

Deaths

19,661

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.4

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

259

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

143

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1961's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1961

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	39.37	44.12	70.2	62.8
1-4	3.58	3.48	72.0	64.6
5-9	0.86	0.99	69.0	61.5
10-14	0.54	0.74	64.3	56.8
15-19	0.74	0.85	59.5	52.0
20-24	0.95	1.39	54.7	47.2
25-29	1.34	1.65	49.9	42.5
30-34	1.66	2.29	45.3	37.9
35-39	2.34	3.33	40.6	33.3
40-44	3.12	5.34	36.1	28.8
45-49	4.23	8.21	31.6	24.5
50-54	6.63	14.32	27.2	20.4
55-59	9.76	22.34	23.0	16.7
60-64	14.71	35.51	19.1	13.4
65-69	23.19	54.86	15.3	10.5
70-74	40.27	84.60	11.9	8.0
75-79	69.09	130.60	9.0	6.0
80-84	112.39	198.39	6.6	4.4
85-89	174.12	296.30	4.9	3.2
90-94	251.83	418.46	3.6	2.3
95-99	349.49	559.73	2.8	1.8
100+	469.44	692.47	2.1	1.4

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR by year

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1961

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