Gambia Mortality 1961: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 35.1 years in 1961: 35.8 for women and 34.3 for men, a gap of 1.5 years. 11,776 people died; 8.3% of them were 65 or older and 59.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1961

Life expectancy at birth

35.1

Women

35.8

Men

34.3

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

137.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

354.1

Deaths

11,776

Deaths per 1,000 people

28.8

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

482

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

457

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1961's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1961

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	140.55	163.22	35.8	34.3
1-4	72.51	77.89	40.1	39.2
5-9	12.95	11.71	48.5	48.3
10-14	6.87	5.81	46.6	46.1
15-19	7.16	6.64	43.2	42.4
20-24	8.21	9.39	39.6	38.7
25-29	9.61	9.95	36.2	35.5
30-34	11.19	10.64	32.9	32.2
35-39	12.83	12.06	29.6	28.8
40-44	14.03	14.58	26.4	25.4
45-49	15.21	17.51	23.1	22.1
50-54	18.56	21.98	19.8	18.9
55-59	25.26	28.72	16.4	15.8
60-64	36.76	40.00	13.3	12.9
65-69	55.59	57.87	10.5	10.2
70-74	85.98	89.23	8.0	7.8
75-79	128.98	135.14	6.1	5.8
80-84	194.54	205.24	4.5	4.3
85-89	276.67	302.91	3.3	3.1
90-94	395.18	445.97	2.5	2.2
95-99	516.15	588.84	1.9	1.7
100+	640.70	725.22	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1961

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