Ghana Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 46.9 years in 1960: 49.2 for women and 45.0 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 133,531 people died; 13.6% of them were 65 or older and 53.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

46.9

Women

49.2

Men

45.0

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

124.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

210.2

Deaths

133,531

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.2

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

410

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

334

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

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	123.91	146.51	49.2	45.0
1-4	25.53	26.70	54.5	50.9
5-9	7.37	8.63	56.1	52.4
10-14	4.10	4.46	53.1	49.6
15-19	4.49	5.30	49.2	45.7
20-24	5.31	7.51	45.3	41.8
25-29	6.17	7.95	41.4	38.3
30-34	7.09	8.49	37.6	34.8
35-39	8.11	9.57	33.9	31.2
40-44	9.22	11.57	30.2	27.6
45-49	10.20	13.90	26.5	24.1
50-54	13.00	17.87	22.7	20.7
55-59	17.51	23.33	19.1	17.3
60-64	26.00	33.11	15.6	14.2
65-69	40.21	48.57	12.4	11.3
70-74	63.32	75.00	9.6	8.7
75-79	97.75	114.70	7.3	6.5
80-84	151.72	175.90	5.4	4.8
85-89	223.55	264.28	4.0	3.5
90-94	331.15	396.23	2.9	2.4
95-99	448.66	535.02	2.2	1.9
100+	583.64	675.49	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Ghana by year

Mortality in Ghana, 1960

Year

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