Gabon Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Gabon was 55.5 years in 1975: 58.0 for women and 52.9 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 10,259 people died; 34.3% of them were 65 or older and 32.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1975

Life expectancy at birth

55.5

Women

58.0

Men

52.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

86.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

140.0

Deaths

10,259

Deaths per 1,000 people

15.5

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

351

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

255

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1975's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1975

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	83.88	99.89	58.0	53.0
1-4	14.54	15.94	62.0	57.4
5-9	3.62	3.99	61.6	57.0
10-14	2.33	2.52	57.6	53.1
15-19	2.77	3.29	53.3	48.8
20-24	3.53	4.75	49.0	44.5
25-29	4.15	5.46	44.8	40.5
30-34	4.74	6.38	40.7	36.6
35-39	5.52	7.82	36.6	32.7
40-44	6.48	9.60	32.6	28.9
45-49	7.66	12.05	28.6	25.2
50-54	10.17	15.95	24.6	21.6
55-59	13.82	21.02	20.7	18.2
60-64	21.20	30.38	17.0	14.9
65-69	33.08	44.63	13.6	11.9
70-74	53.65	68.29	10.6	9.3
75-79	84.06	103.91	8.1	7.1
80-84	128.16	155.49	6.1	5.3
85-89	190.86	226.03	4.6	4.0
90-94	270.13	311.24	3.4	3.0
95-99	369.14	415.14	2.6	2.4
100+	485.56	529.94	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Gabon by year

Mortality in Gabon, 1975

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