Gambia Mortality 1970: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Gambia was 39.5 years in 1970: 40.4 for women and 38.7 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 12,699 people died; 9.6% of them were 65 or older and 55.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1970

Life expectancy at birth

39.5

Women

40.4

Men

38.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

125.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

294.8

Deaths

12,699

Deaths per 1,000 people

24.2

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

450

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

421

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1970's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1970

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	126.68	147.39	40.4	38.7
1-4	53.29	57.26	44.7	43.6
5-9	11.29	10.28	50.7	50.2
10-14	5.99	5.16	48.5	47.7
15-19	6.33	6.00	44.9	43.9
20-24	7.30	8.50	41.2	40.1
25-29	8.54	9.00	37.7	36.8
30-34	9.90	9.61	34.2	33.3
35-39	11.34	10.88	30.8	29.9
40-44	12.52	13.15	27.5	26.4
45-49	13.63	15.82	24.1	23.0
50-54	16.80	20.07	20.6	19.7
55-59	22.82	26.24	17.2	16.5
60-64	33.35	36.84	14.0	13.5
65-69	50.63	53.55	11.0	10.7
70-74	78.59	82.59	8.5	8.2
75-79	118.62	125.55	6.4	6.1
80-84	180.13	191.43	4.8	4.5
85-89	258.63	284.85	3.5	3.2
90-94	373.19	422.68	2.6	2.3
95-99	492.82	564.30	2.0	1.8
100+	620.46	702.05	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Gambia by year

Mortality in Gambia, 1970

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