Germany Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Germany was 71.5 years in 1975: 74.5 for women and 68.2 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 990,756 people died; 76.7% of them were 65 or older and 1.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1975

Life expectancy at birth

71.5

Women

74.5

Men

68.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

21.7

Deaths

990,756

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.6

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

189

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

102

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	16.31	21.38	74.5	68.2
1-4	0.73	0.87	74.7	68.6
5-9	0.34	0.48	70.9	64.9
10-14	0.25	0.41	66.1	60.0
15-19	0.55	1.40	61.1	55.1
20-24	0.56	1.58	56.3	50.5
25-29	0.61	1.34	51.4	45.9
30-34	0.87	1.70	46.6	41.2
35-39	1.27	2.33	41.8	36.5
40-44	2.03	3.85	37.0	31.9
45-49	3.18	5.88	32.4	27.5
50-54	5.02	9.28	27.9	23.2
55-59	7.39	14.59	23.5	19.2
60-64	11.83	24.20	19.3	15.4
65-69	20.73	41.16	15.3	12.1
70-74	37.91	67.09	11.7	9.3
75-79	69.60	105.23	8.6	7.0
80-84	122.02	158.40	6.1	5.2
85-89	200.02	236.16	4.3	3.8
90-94	303.79	343.86	3.1	2.8
95-99	434.10	461.63	2.3	2.1
100+	578.37	592.07	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Germany by year

Mortality in Germany, 1975

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