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

China

1963

Life expectancy: 51.7

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Life expectancy at birth in China was 51.7 years in 1963: 53.9 for women and 49.7 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 10,917,053 people died; 23.1% of them were 65 or older and 36.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

51.7

Women

53.9

Men

49.7

Life expectancy at 65

9.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

143.9

Deaths

10,917,053

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.9

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

410

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

310

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	97.62	108.40	53.9	49.7
1-4	13.79	13.43	58.3	54.2
5-9	5.38	5.45	57.5	53.1
10-14	2.91	3.98	54.0	49.5
15-19	2.69	3.51	49.7	45.4
20-24	3.58	4.45	45.4	41.2
25-29	4.19	5.21	41.1	37.1
30-34	4.84	5.83	37.0	33.0
35-39	5.84	6.85	32.8	28.9
40-44	7.89	10.22	28.7	24.8
45-49	10.30	14.41	24.7	21.0
50-54	15.14	22.81	20.9	17.3
55-59	19.59	31.76	17.4	14.1
60-64	32.43	52.76	13.9	11.1
65-69	51.13	78.37	10.9	8.7
70-74	79.66	114.82	8.3	6.7
75-79	121.48	161.90	6.2	5.1
80-84	193.26	238.65	4.4	3.8
85-89	292.29	341.46	3.2	2.8
90-94	438.94	494.26	2.2	2.0
95-99	623.00	722.80	1.6	1.4
100+	773.34	1085.31	1.3	0.9

Mortality in China by year

Mortality in China, 1963

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