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Mortality in Haiti, 1978

Haiti
1978
Life expectancy: 49.5
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Haiti was 49.5 years in 1978: 50.9 for women and 48.0 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 89,714 people died; 19.0% of them were 65 or older and 47.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
49.5
Women
50.9
Men
48.0
Life expectancy at 65
11.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
131.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
200.8
Deaths
89,714
Deaths per 1,000 people
16.6
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
380
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
330
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0133.03155.8150.948.0
1-420.2221.7557.054.8
5-93.603.5757.655.6
10-142.852.5453.651.6
15-194.003.8049.347.2
20-245.205.4445.343.1
25-295.895.9141.439.2
30-346.676.7537.535.3
35-397.518.1533.731.4
40-448.5210.2729.927.6
45-4910.0913.0426.124.0
50-5413.6217.7822.320.4
55-5918.5324.3318.717.1
60-6427.9535.3415.313.9
65-6941.3951.0512.211.1
70-7464.9976.119.48.7
75-79101.53115.997.16.5
80-84157.48173.835.24.9
85-89232.09257.723.93.5
90-94343.63381.872.82.5
95-99464.45512.672.11.9
100+600.38649.181.71.5