China, Hong Kong SAR Mortality 1970: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

China, Hong Kong SAR

1970

Life expectancy: 71.3

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Life expectancy at birth in China, Hong Kong SAR was 71.3 years in 1970: 74.6 for women and 67.4 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 17,200 people died; 42.0% of them were 65 or older and 10.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1970

Life expectancy at birth

71.3

Women

74.6

Men

67.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.3

Deaths

17,200

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.6

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

208

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

114

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1970's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1970

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	19.97	23.44	74.6	67.4
1-4	1.52	1.54	75.1	68.0
5-9	0.34	0.47	71.6	64.4
10-14	0.31	0.44	66.7	59.6
15-19	0.49	0.78	61.8	54.7
20-24	0.72	1.10	56.9	49.9
25-29	0.82	1.50	52.1	45.2
30-34	1.12	1.94	47.3	40.5
35-39	1.59	2.59	42.6	35.8
40-44	2.32	4.30	37.9	31.3
45-49	3.37	6.56	33.3	26.9
50-54	5.42	10.54	28.8	22.7
55-59	8.36	17.25	24.5	18.8
60-64	12.24	27.28	20.5	15.3
65-69	18.90	42.50	16.6	12.1
70-74	32.61	65.72	13.0	9.4
75-79	57.01	102.33	9.8	7.1
80-84	96.07	157.31	7.3	5.2
85-89	155.33	238.62	5.3	3.8
90-94	234.42	345.35	3.8	2.8
95-99	337.19	472.38	2.8	2.1
100+	466.42	606.65	2.1	1.7

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR by year

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1970

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