Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mortality in India, 1966

India
1966
Life expectancy: 45.9
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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in India was 45.9 years in 1966: 45.3 for women and 46.4 for men, a gap of -1.1 years. 9,543,208 people died; 15.0% of them were 65 or older and 50.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
45.9
Women
45.3
Men
46.4
Life expectancy at 65
11.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
151.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
237.8
Deaths
9,543,208
Deaths per 1,000 people
19.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
384
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
379
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966'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
0167.70172.1645.346.4
1-429.5724.8752.353.8
5-95.594.7554.655.2
10-143.672.6751.151.5
15-195.113.9147.047.1
20-246.155.1243.143.0
25-297.125.8239.439.0
30-347.906.4835.735.1
35-399.038.1032.031.2
40-449.9810.2128.427.4
45-4912.0013.4024.723.7
50-5415.8818.2521.120.1
55-5921.9625.3717.616.8
60-6432.3136.7014.413.7
65-6947.8153.1311.511.0
70-7472.7078.138.98.6
75-79111.77117.126.76.5
80-84168.71172.195.04.9
85-89246.78250.563.73.6
90-94347.17355.532.82.7
95-99465.60478.912.12.1
100+593.82612.561.71.6