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

China, Macao SAR

1966

Life expectancy: 66.8

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Life expectancy at birth in China, Macao SAR was 66.8 years in 1966: 68.3 for women and 65.1 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 1,603 people died; 46.7% of them were 65 or older and 16.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

66.8

Women

68.3

Men

65.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

49.2

Deaths

1,603

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

222

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

178

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	33.72	40.54	68.4	65.1
1-4	3.31	3.54	69.7	66.8
5-9	0.87	0.87	66.6	63.7
10-14	0.64	0.73	61.9	59.0
15-19	0.98	1.37	57.0	54.2
20-24	1.21	1.86	52.3	49.6
25-29	1.46	1.93	47.6	45.0
30-34	1.93	2.27	42.9	40.4
35-39	2.79	3.29	38.3	35.8
40-44	4.04	4.95	33.8	31.4
45-49	6.03	7.41	29.5	27.1
50-54	8.62	10.86	25.3	23.0
55-59	12.12	16.31	21.3	19.2
60-64	18.06	25.34	17.5	15.6
65-69	28.40	38.78	13.9	12.3
70-74	48.42	62.00	10.6	9.4
75-79	84.03	102.39	7.8	7.0
80-84	142.22	166.54	5.6	5.0
85-89	221.64	248.04	4.0	3.7
90-94	318.92	343.13	2.9	2.8
95-99	460.99	455.35	2.1	2.2
100+	701.66	617.36	1.4	1.6

Mortality in China, Macao SAR by year

Mortality in China, Macao SAR, 1966

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