Gambia Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 34.6 years in 1960: 35.3 for women and 33.8 for men, a gap of 1.5 years. 11,655 people died; 8.2% of them were 65 or older and 59.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

34.6

Women

35.3

Men

33.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

139.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

361.0

Deaths

11,655

Deaths per 1,000 people

29.3

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

486

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

461

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	141.99	164.92	35.3	33.8
1-4	74.97	80.51	39.5	38.7
5-9	13.14	11.86	48.3	48.1
10-14	6.97	5.88	46.4	45.9
15-19	7.25	6.70	43.0	42.2
20-24	8.31	9.48	39.5	38.6
25-29	9.73	10.05	36.0	35.3
30-34	11.33	10.74	32.7	32.0
35-39	12.99	12.18	29.5	28.7
40-44	14.20	14.72	26.3	25.3
45-49	15.39	17.69	23.0	22.0
50-54	18.76	22.18	19.7	18.9
55-59	25.53	28.97	16.3	15.8
60-64	37.14	40.32	13.2	12.8
65-69	56.16	58.29	10.4	10.1
70-74	86.83	89.94	8.0	7.7
75-79	130.19	136.00	6.0	5.8
80-84	196.24	206.56	4.5	4.2
85-89	278.84	320.17	3.3	3.0
90-94	397.87	448.26	2.4	2.2
95-99	519.17	590.73	1.9	1.7
100+	643.50	728.86	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1960

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