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

China, Hong Kong SAR

1964

Life expectancy: 68.6

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Life expectancy at birth in China, Hong Kong SAR was 68.6 years in 1964: 71.9 for women and 64.7 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 12,131 people died; 29.6% of them were 65 or older and 27.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

68.6

Women

71.9

Men

64.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

42.6

Deaths

12,131

Deaths per 1,000 people

3.9

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

236

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

133

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	30.80	35.93	71.9	64.7
1-4	2.61	2.67	73.2	66.0
5-9	0.62	0.70	69.9	62.7
10-14	0.46	0.65	65.1	57.9
15-19	0.62	0.88	60.3	53.1
20-24	0.92	1.48	55.4	48.3
25-29	1.13	1.62	50.7	43.7
30-34	1.40	2.04	46.0	39.0
35-39	2.00	3.05	41.3	34.4
40-44	2.79	4.74	36.7	29.9
45-49	3.99	7.32	32.1	25.5
50-54	6.40	12.75	27.7	21.4
55-59	9.28	19.90	23.5	17.6
60-64	13.83	31.64	19.5	14.2
65-69	21.62	49.16	15.7	11.2
70-74	37.49	76.05	12.2	8.6
75-79	64.85	118.07	9.2	6.4
80-84	106.91	180.39	6.8	4.7
85-89	168.28	271.42	5.0	3.4
90-94	247.05	386.59	3.7	2.5
95-99	347.19	521.37	2.8	1.9
100+	471.08	654.75	2.1	1.5

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR by year

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1964

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