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

Finland

1965

Life expectancy: 69.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1965 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Finland was 69.1 years in 1965: 72.9 for women and 65.3 for men, a gap of 7.6 years. 44,355 people died; 60.4% of them were 65 or older and 3.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

69.1

Women

72.9

Men

65.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

17.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

21.0

Deaths

44,355

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.7

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

265

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

109

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	14.89	20.32	72.9	65.3
1-4	0.75	1.09	72.9	65.6
5-9	0.50	0.75	69.2	61.9
10-14	0.29	0.51	64.3	57.1
15-19	0.44	0.94	59.4	52.3
20-24	0.49	1.66	54.5	47.5
25-29	0.66	1.95	49.7	42.9
30-34	1.00	2.36	44.8	38.3
35-39	1.26	3.93	40.0	33.7
40-44	2.31	5.75	35.3	29.3
45-49	3.43	8.64	30.6	25.1
50-54	5.16	14.17	26.1	21.1
55-59	8.33	22.05	21.7	17.4
60-64	14.26	32.89	17.6	14.2
65-69	27.29	49.41	13.7	11.2
70-74	48.27	76.57	10.3	8.7
75-79	90.71	110.40	7.4	6.6
80-84	154.50	177.77	5.2	4.8
85-89	242.61	263.79	3.7	3.5
90-94	362.72	362.39	2.6	2.7
95-99	501.31	474.37	2.0	2.1
100+	644.95	593.30	1.6	1.7

Mortality in Finland by year

Mortality in Finland, 1965

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