Life expectancy at birth in Georgia was 67.6 years in 1978: 71.6 for women and 63.1 for men, a gap of 8.5 years. 49,364 people died; 56.8% of them were 65 or older and 12.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

67.6

Women

71.6

Men

63.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

63.3

Deaths

49,364

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.7

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

255

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

110

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	49.49	62.27	71.6	63.1
1-4	2.36	2.74	74.2	66.1
5-9	0.39	0.57	70.9	62.8
10-14	0.28	0.55	66.0	57.9
15-19	0.39	1.01	61.1	53.1
20-24	0.64	1.71	56.2	48.4
25-29	0.73	2.34	51.4	43.7
30-34	1.04	3.18	46.6	39.2
35-39	1.38	3.97	41.8	34.8
40-44	2.17	6.09	37.1	30.5
45-49	3.45	8.21	32.4	26.3
50-54	5.24	12.79	28.0	22.3
55-59	8.26	19.36	23.6	18.6
60-64	14.11	29.18	19.5	15.3
65-69	22.06	41.20	15.8	12.3
70-74	39.30	65.27	12.3	9.5
75-79	65.38	95.32	9.4	7.2
80-84	101.61	162.08	7.1	5.1
85-89	157.58	243.06	5.2	3.7
90-94	236.65	346.40	3.8	2.8
95-99	337.82	467.97	2.8	2.1
100+	465.25	597.44	2.2	1.7

Mortality in Georgia by year

Mortality in Georgia, 1978

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