Eastern Asia Mortality 1951: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 44.7 years in 1951: 47.4 for women and 42.4 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 14,755,786 people died; 23.9% of them were 65 or older and 33.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1951

Life expectancy at birth

44.7

Women

47.4

Men

42.4

Life expectancy at 65

9.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

119.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

194.8

Deaths

14,755,786

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.6

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

525

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

382

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1951's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1951

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	122.96	138.02	47.4	42.4
1-4	22.53	22.43	52.4	47.4
5-9	8.61	8.06	53.2	47.7
10-14	4.57	5.41	50.4	44.6
15-19	4.32	6.27	46.5	40.7
20-24	5.57	8.81	42.5	36.9
25-29	6.10	9.77	38.6	33.5
30-34	6.78	10.33	34.7	30.0
35-39	8.06	11.48	30.8	26.5
40-44	10.55	15.44	27.0	22.9
45-49	13.03	19.80	23.3	19.5
50-54	17.93	28.43	19.7	16.3
55-59	23.72	38.23	16.3	13.4
60-64	38.99	59.65	13.1	10.7
65-69	59.76	84.52	10.3	8.6
70-74	86.73	115.44	8.1	6.8
75-79	127.29	156.33	6.1	5.4
80-84	192.71	220.91	4.5	4.1
85-89	272.06	305.51	3.4	3.1
90-94	364.11	416.65	2.7	2.3
95-99	481.08	575.77	2.0	1.7
100+	623.99	797.19	1.6	1.3

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1951

Year

Country