Eritrea Mortality 1970: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Eritrea was 41.2 years in 1970: 43.2 for women and 39.1 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 27,727 people died; 10.4% of them were 65 or older and 48.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1970

Life expectancy at birth

41.2

Women

43.2

Men

39.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

139.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

237.5

Deaths

27,727

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.3

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

503

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

434

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1970's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1970

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	135.53	173.09	43.2	39.2
1-4	28.21	32.51	48.3	45.3
5-9	12.03	12.13	49.9	47.3
10-14	6.16	6.27	47.8	45.1
15-19	6.63	7.07	44.2	41.4
20-24	7.63	10.04	40.7	37.8
25-29	8.93	10.64	37.1	34.7
30-34	10.38	11.36	33.7	31.4
35-39	11.89	12.88	30.4	28.1
40-44	13.07	15.53	27.1	24.8
45-49	14.20	18.63	23.7	21.6
50-54	17.43	23.23	20.3	18.5
55-59	23.68	30.33	16.9	15.4
60-64	34.53	42.04	13.7	12.6
65-69	52.33	60.63	10.8	9.9
70-74	81.07	93.54	8.3	7.6
75-79	121.99	141.20	6.3	5.6
80-84	184.67	214.14	4.7	4.1
85-89	263.98	330.74	3.5	2.9
90-94	379.14	461.09	2.6	2.1
95-99	498.05	604.20	2.0	1.6
100+	623.36	742.01	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Eritrea by year

Mortality in Eritrea, 1970

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