Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in Fiji, 1979

Fiji
1979
Life expectancy: 62.3
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Fiji was 62.3 years in 1979: 65.4 for women and 59.8 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 4,738 people died; 29.5% of them were 65 or older and 20.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
62.3
Women
65.4
Men
59.8
Life expectancy at 65
11.9
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
36.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
47.5
Deaths
4,738
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.6
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
365
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
254
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
034.3040.6665.459.8
1-42.842.9766.761.3
5-91.031.1463.458.0
10-140.991.2058.753.3
15-191.491.8754.048.6
20-241.872.6849.444.1
25-292.022.9944.839.6
30-342.453.5640.335.2
35-393.455.3935.730.8
40-445.207.8831.326.5
45-498.1613.8027.122.5
50-5414.5021.5923.118.9
55-5919.4830.7919.615.8
60-6430.5645.2616.413.0
65-6941.8959.1713.610.6
70-7455.1081.3911.28.5
75-7973.60116.859.06.5
80-84103.67170.927.04.9
85-89159.53263.765.13.4
90-94244.33417.763.72.3
95-99367.10630.322.61.6
100+558.85948.411.81.1