Eritrea Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 35.2 years in 1955: 37.2 for women and 33.2 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 24,621 people died; 10.9% of them were 65 or older and 52.1% 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

35.2

Women

37.2

Men

33.2

Life expectancy at 65

9.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

192.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

323.8

Deaths

24,621

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.8

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

537

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

476

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	192.70	250.51	37.2	33.2
1-4	42.01	47.95	43.8	41.2
5-9	13.91	14.06	47.4	45.4
10-14	7.22	7.03	45.7	43.5
15-19	7.60	7.78	42.3	40.0
20-24	8.70	11.00	38.8	36.5
25-29	10.18	11.68	35.4	33.4
30-34	11.87	12.48	32.2	30.2
35-39	13.61	14.22	29.0	27.0
40-44	14.84	17.17	25.8	23.8
45-49	16.06	20.60	22.6	20.7
50-54	19.51	25.42	19.3	17.7
55-59	26.57	33.17	16.0	14.8
60-64	38.62	45.68	13.0	12.0
65-69	58.33	65.59	10.2	9.4
70-74	90.10	101.43	7.8	7.2
75-79	134.89	152.78	5.9	5.3
80-84	202.90	231.31	4.3	3.8
85-89	287.42	353.21	3.2	2.7
90-94	408.67	487.19	2.4	2.0
95-99	531.38	628.22	1.9	1.6
100+	655.31	752.90	1.5	1.3

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1955

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