Guinea Mortality 1970: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guinea was 39.1 years in 1970: 40.5 for women and 37.6 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 109,283 people died; 13.2% of them were 65 or older and 55.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1970

Life expectancy at birth

39.1

Women

40.5

Men

37.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

165.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

320.6

Deaths

109,283

Deaths per 1,000 people

25.5

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

442

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

379

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1970's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1970

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	174.45	198.39	40.5	37.7
1-4	51.98	53.48	47.0	44.6
5-9	9.38	10.14	53.2	50.6
10-14	5.19	5.00	50.7	48.1
15-19	5.42	5.85	46.9	44.2
20-24	6.31	8.29	43.2	40.5
25-29	7.37	8.78	39.5	37.1
30-34	8.52	9.38	35.8	33.6
35-39	9.74	10.60	32.3	30.1
40-44	10.88	12.82	28.8	26.6
45-49	11.92	15.43	25.2	23.2
50-54	14.89	19.63	21.6	19.9
55-59	20.17	25.67	18.1	16.7
60-64	29.64	36.11	14.8	13.6
65-69	45.29	52.55	11.7	10.8
70-74	70.68	81.05	9.1	8.3
75-79	107.63	123.31	6.9	6.2
80-84	164.94	188.23	5.1	4.6
85-89	239.55	280.61	3.8	3.3
90-94	349.90	417.43	2.7	2.3
95-99	467.62	558.51	2.1	1.8
100+	598.69	697.45	1.7	1.4

Mortality in Guinea by year

Mortality in Guinea, 1970

Year

Country