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

China, Hong Kong SAR

1971

Life expectancy: 71.5

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Life expectancy at birth in China, Hong Kong SAR was 71.5 years in 1971: 74.9 for women and 67.7 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 20,496 people died; 44.3% of them were 65 or older and 9.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

71.5

Women

74.9

Men

67.7

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.8

Deaths

20,496

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.1

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

206

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

113

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	18.85	21.98	74.9	67.7
1-4	1.47	1.48	75.3	68.2
5-9	0.38	0.50	71.7	64.6
10-14	0.33	0.45	66.8	59.7
15-19	0.49	0.80	61.9	54.9
20-24	0.69	1.18	57.1	50.1
25-29	0.84	1.56	52.3	45.3
30-34	1.11	1.96	47.5	40.7
35-39	1.59	2.64	42.7	36.1
40-44	2.32	4.27	38.1	31.5
45-49	3.36	6.47	33.5	27.1
50-54	5.42	10.38	29.0	22.9
55-59	8.23	16.84	24.7	19.0
60-64	12.02	26.59	20.6	15.5
65-69	18.51	41.42	16.8	12.3
70-74	31.89	64.02	13.1	9.5
75-79	55.78	99.65	9.9	7.2
80-84	94.36	153.31	7.3	5.3
85-89	153.25	232.80	5.3	3.9
90-94	232.33	337.79	3.9	2.8
95-99	335.03	463.21	2.8	2.1
100+	465.59	597.27	2.2	1.7

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR by year

Mortality in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1971

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