Mortality in France, 2001

France
2001
Life expectancy: 79.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in France was 79.2 years in 2001: 82.9 for women and 75.4 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 533,527 people died; 79.2% of them were 65 or older and 0.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 85-89. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
79.2
Women
82.9
Men
75.4
Life expectancy at 65
19.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
4.5
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
5.6
Deaths
533,527
Deaths per 1,000 people
8.9
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
138
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
61
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
04.015.0682.975.4
1-40.240.2982.374.8
5-90.090.1478.470.9
10-140.130.1873.465.9
15-190.290.7268.461.0
20-240.351.0463.556.2
25-290.381.1158.651.5
30-340.511.2753.746.8
35-390.881.8648.942.0
40-441.372.9544.137.4
45-492.094.7939.432.9
50-542.776.6634.728.7
55-593.959.3330.224.6
60-645.4913.5325.720.6
65-698.3620.5821.416.9
70-7414.2231.9417.213.4
75-7925.5750.5013.310.3
80-8450.6287.939.77.5
85-8999.19147.786.85.3
90-94182.26243.994.63.7
95-99306.25370.983.02.6
100+475.92526.682.11.9