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

China, Hong Kong SAR

1968

Life expectancy: 70.7

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Life expectancy at birth in China, Hong Kong SAR was 70.7 years in 1968: 73.8 for women and 66.8 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 12,298 people died; 35.5% of them were 65 or older and 17.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

70.7

Women

73.8

Men

66.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.5

Deaths

12,298

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.0

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

211

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

119

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.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	22.87	27.04	73.8	66.8
1-4	1.79	1.84	74.5	67.6
5-9	0.42	0.49	71.0	64.1
10-14	0.36	0.51	66.2	59.2
15-19	0.51	0.79	61.3	54.4
20-24	0.73	1.05	56.5	49.6
25-29	0.90	1.49	51.7	44.8
30-34	1.21	1.90	46.9	40.1
35-39	1.67	2.61	42.1	35.5
40-44	2.46	4.37	37.5	30.9
45-49	3.48	6.49	32.9	26.6
50-54	5.66	10.92	28.4	22.3
55-59	8.68	17.65	24.2	18.5
60-64	12.80	28.24	20.1	14.9
65-69	19.84	44.33	16.3	11.8
70-74	34.32	68.92	12.7	9.1
75-79	59.84	107.72	9.6	6.8
80-84	100.16	165.78	7.1	5.0
85-89	160.57	251.72	5.2	3.6
90-94	240.15	362.65	3.8	2.7
95-99	342.50	493.49	2.8	2.0
100+	470.12	627.98	2.1	1.6

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR by year

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1968

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