Guinea Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 36.0 years in 1955: 37.3 for women and 34.7 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 95,124 people died; 15.4% of them were 65 or older and 54.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1955

Life expectancy at birth

36.0

Women

37.3

Men

34.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

175.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

355.2

Deaths

95,124

Deaths per 1,000 people

29.1

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

469

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

414

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1955

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	185.90	212.68	37.3	34.7
1-4	62.21	64.59	43.6	41.6
5-9	10.88	11.30	51.1	49.0
10-14	5.96	5.54	48.8	46.7
15-19	6.17	6.38	45.2	43.0
20-24	7.13	9.03	41.5	39.3
25-29	8.34	9.56	38.0	36.0
30-34	9.67	10.22	34.5	32.6
35-39	11.07	11.58	31.1	29.2
40-44	12.24	13.99	27.7	25.8
45-49	13.34	16.82	24.3	22.5
50-54	16.49	21.20	20.8	19.2
55-59	22.38	27.70	17.3	16.1
60-64	32.74	38.69	14.1	13.1
65-69	49.77	56.07	11.1	10.4
70-74	77.31	86.45	8.6	8.0
75-79	116.87	131.09	6.5	6.0
80-84	177.75	199.35	4.8	4.4
85-89	255.77	295.21	3.6	3.2
90-94	369.92	435.78	2.6	2.2
95-99	489.75	578.24	2.0	1.7
100+	618.35	713.98	1.6	1.4

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1955

Year

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