Greece Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Greece was 66.2 years in 1950: 68.1 for women and 64.2 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 71,824 people died; 53.6% of them were 65 or older and 13.1% 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

66.2

Women

68.1

Men

64.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

50.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.5

Deaths

71,824

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

228

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

165

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	48.92	56.16	68.1	64.2
1-4	2.37	2.40	70.5	66.9
5-9	0.80	0.83	67.1	63.5
10-14	0.67	0.72	62.4	58.8
15-19	1.03	1.51	57.6	54.0
20-24	1.36	2.25	52.9	49.4
25-29	1.57	2.30	48.2	44.9
30-34	1.90	2.47	43.6	40.4
35-39	2.51	3.04	39.0	35.8
40-44	3.54	4.35	34.4	31.4
45-49	5.16	6.92	30.0	27.0
50-54	7.72	11.18	25.7	22.8
55-59	11.27	17.67	21.6	19.0
60-64	17.23	27.28	17.7	15.5
65-69	27.91	41.38	14.1	12.4
70-74	51.20	61.45	10.8	9.7
75-79	81.64	98.20	8.2	7.3
80-84	126.78	151.49	6.2	5.4
85-89	190.12	223.41	4.6	4.0
90-94	272.53	313.81	3.4	3.0
95-99	371.32	419.34	2.6	2.3
100+	490.36	539.00	2.0	1.9

Mortality in Greece by year

Mortality in Greece, 1950

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