Ghana Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 43.1 years in 1950: 45.3 for women and 41.3 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 115,318 people died; 19.3% of them were 65 or older and 49.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

43.1

Women

45.3

Men

41.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

149.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

253.6

Deaths

115,318

Deaths per 1,000 people

22.7

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

440

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

361

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	151.59	179.15	45.3	41.3
1-4	32.46	33.77	51.5	48.1
5-9	8.70	9.85	54.3	50.7
10-14	4.73	4.99	51.6	48.2
15-19	5.06	5.82	47.8	44.3
20-24	5.90	8.25	44.0	40.5
25-29	6.90	8.73	40.2	37.1
30-34	7.95	9.33	36.5	33.7
35-39	9.09	10.54	32.9	30.2
40-44	10.22	12.75	29.3	26.7
45-49	11.24	15.34	25.7	23.3
50-54	14.14	19.53	22.1	19.9
55-59	19.13	25.56	18.5	16.7
60-64	28.20	35.96	15.1	13.6
65-69	43.26	52.35	12.0	10.8
70-74	67.65	80.76	9.3	8.3
75-79	103.46	122.92	7.0	6.2
80-84	159.18	187.67	5.2	4.6
85-89	232.38	279.90	3.9	3.3
90-94	341.13	416.46	2.8	2.3
95-99	458.42	557.56	2.1	1.8
100+	591.05	696.28	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1950

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