Guinea-Bissau Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guinea-Bissau was 35.7 years in 1950: 37.4 for women and 34.1 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 15,074 people died; 10.0% of them were 65 or older and 56.4% 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

35.7

Women

37.4

Men

34.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

163.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

348.8

Deaths

15,074

Deaths per 1,000 people

27.7

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

464

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

406

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	169.71	199.72	37.4	34.1
1-4	61.16	68.17	43.1	40.3
5-9	13.34	14.27	50.2	48.0
10-14	7.32	7.26	48.5	46.4
15-19	6.98	7.24	45.2	43.0
20-24	8.40	9.81	41.8	39.5
25-29	9.40	10.35	38.4	36.4
30-34	9.90	10.96	35.2	33.2
35-39	10.52	12.20	31.8	29.9
40-44	11.26	13.66	28.4	26.6
45-49	12.08	15.72	24.9	23.3
50-54	15.31	19.69	21.3	20.0
55-59	20.17	24.77	17.8	16.8
60-64	30.94	35.36	14.4	13.7
65-69	47.65	52.05	11.4	10.9
70-74	75.85	80.53	8.8	8.3
75-79	114.03	123.52	6.8	6.3
80-84	164.44	183.96	5.2	4.7
85-89	231.79	266.06	3.9	3.5
90-94	310.68	360.88	3.1	2.7
95-99	405.75	475.84	2.4	2.1
100+	512.06	596.16	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau by year

Mortality in Guinea-Bissau, 1950

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