Eastern Asia Mortality 1959: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Asia was 43.0 years in 1959: 44.9 for women and 41.3 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 17,225,583 people died; 21.6% of them were 65 or older and 37.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1959

Life expectancy at birth

43.0

Women

44.9

Men

41.3

Life expectancy at 65

9.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

139.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

232.9

Deaths

17,225,583

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.5

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

493

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

377

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1959's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1959

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	147.82	160.09	44.9	41.3
1-4	29.82	28.76	50.9	47.2
5-9	9.52	9.63	53.0	48.6
10-14	5.25	6.14	50.5	45.9
15-19	4.03	5.07	46.8	42.3
20-24	5.05	6.37	42.7	38.3
25-29	5.60	7.14	38.7	34.5
30-34	6.30	7.97	34.7	30.6
35-39	7.56	9.75	30.8	26.8
40-44	10.13	13.96	26.8	23.0
45-49	13.02	18.94	23.1	19.4
50-54	18.59	28.24	19.5	16.1
55-59	24.15	38.02	16.1	13.2
60-64	38.83	59.94	12.9	10.4
65-69	60.51	87.47	10.1	8.2
70-74	90.90	124.57	7.8	6.4
75-79	131.20	172.50	5.9	4.9
80-84	203.42	246.93	4.3	3.7
85-89	300.62	346.97	3.1	2.8
90-94	424.41	477.54	2.3	2.1
95-99	574.08	669.40	1.7	1.5
100+	715.36	837.24	1.4	1.2

Mortality in Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in Eastern Asia, 1959

Year

Country