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

China, Macao SAR

1971

Life expectancy: 69.2

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Life expectancy at birth in China, Macao SAR was 69.2 years in 1971: 70.8 for women and 67.5 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 1,443 people died; 51.8% of them were 65 or older and 8.1% 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

69.2

Women

70.8

Men

67.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

28.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

37.8

Deaths

1,443

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.5

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

192

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

148

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	26.01	31.73	70.8	67.5
1-4	2.37	2.56	71.6	68.7
5-9	0.65	0.67	68.3	65.3
10-14	0.54	0.63	63.5	60.6
15-19	0.79	1.15	58.7	55.7
20-24	0.92	1.45	53.9	51.0
25-29	1.05	1.45	49.1	46.4
30-34	1.44	1.76	44.4	41.7
35-39	2.13	2.67	39.7	37.1
40-44	3.18	4.15	35.1	32.5
45-49	4.88	6.31	30.6	28.2
50-54	7.23	9.41	26.3	24.0
55-59	10.40	14.22	22.2	20.0
60-64	15.73	22.34	18.2	16.3
65-69	25.10	34.65	14.5	12.9
70-74	43.47	56.59	11.1	9.9
75-79	76.69	94.73	8.2	7.3
80-84	133.11	157.48	5.8	5.2
85-89	212.03	240.86	4.2	3.8
90-94	313.32	339.16	3.0	2.8
95-99	450.49	458.18	2.2	2.1
100+	656.25	631.59	1.5	1.6

Mortality in China, Macao SAR by year

Mortality in China, Macao SAR, 1971

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