Eastern Europe Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Europe was 63.3 years in 1955: 66.0 for women and 59.9 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 2,388,540 people died; 42.5% of them were 65 or older and 23.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1955

Life expectancy at birth

63.3

Women

66.0

Men

59.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

94.1

Deaths

2,388,540

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.1

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

267

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

154

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1955

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	68.39	82.97	66.0	59.9
1-4	5.95	6.17	69.6	64.0
5-9	1.16	1.54	67.3	61.6
10-14	0.73	1.06	62.7	57.0
15-19	1.16	1.96	57.9	52.3
20-24	1.53	2.74	53.2	47.8
25-29	1.77	2.95	48.6	43.4
30-34	2.01	3.24	44.0	39.0
35-39	2.49	4.27	39.4	34.6
40-44	3.23	5.96	34.9	30.3
45-49	4.56	8.62	30.4	26.1
50-54	6.60	12.73	26.0	22.2
55-59	10.12	19.46	21.8	18.5
60-64	16.20	28.82	17.8	15.1
65-69	27.28	43.22	14.1	12.0
70-74	46.82	65.67	10.8	9.3
75-79	80.91	102.42	8.0	7.0
80-84	136.07	160.19	5.7	5.1
85-89	217.59	244.86	4.1	3.7
90-94	321.54	348.04	3.0	2.8
95-99	436.60	463.14	2.2	2.1
100+	555.83	550.75	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Europe by year

Mortality in Eastern Europe, 1955

Year

Country