Life expectancy at birth in Eastern Europe was 69.4 years in 1974: 73.5 for women and 64.8 for men, a gap of 8.6 years. 2,689,575 people died; 58.5% of them were 65 or older and 5.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

69.4

Women

73.5

Men

64.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

29.7

Deaths

2,689,575

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

274

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

116

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	21.58	28.23	73.5	64.8
1-4	1.20	1.48	74.1	65.7
5-9	0.45	0.68	70.4	62.1
10-14	0.37	0.61	65.6	57.3
15-19	0.53	1.45	60.7	52.4
20-24	0.68	2.40	55.8	47.8
25-29	0.85	2.59	51.0	43.3
30-34	1.16	3.34	46.2	38.9
35-39	1.66	4.76	41.5	34.5
40-44	2.44	6.80	36.8	30.2
45-49	3.62	9.75	32.2	26.2
50-54	5.44	13.18	27.7	22.4
55-59	8.24	19.65	23.4	18.7
60-64	13.09	28.26	19.3	15.4
65-69	21.76	41.81	15.4	12.4
70-74	38.01	63.50	11.9	9.6
75-79	66.95	97.71	8.9	7.3
80-84	114.56	148.90	6.4	5.4
85-89	186.71	225.16	4.6	4.0
90-94	284.13	322.58	3.3	2.9
95-99	407.23	436.16	2.4	2.2
100+	562.68	554.82	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Eastern Europe by year

Mortality in Eastern Europe, 1974

Year

Country