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

Mortality in Ireland, 1953

Ireland
1953
Life expectancy: 67.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Ireland was 67.9 years in 1953: 69.2 for women and 66.7 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 34,600 people died; 64.2% of them were 65 or older and 8.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
67.9
Women
69.2
Men
66.7
Life expectancy at 65
13.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
38.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
46.2
Deaths
34,600
Deaths per 1,000 people
11.8
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
195
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
167
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953'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
035.0144.6569.266.7
1-41.961.9870.768.7
5-90.710.6667.265.2
10-140.580.4762.460.4
15-190.710.9057.655.6
20-241.131.3252.850.8
25-291.561.6548.146.1
30-342.092.1243.441.5
35-392.542.5738.936.9
40-443.813.4934.332.3
45-495.536.0030.027.9
50-548.0010.0425.723.6
55-5911.1915.3421.719.7
60-6417.8223.9517.816.1
65-6927.1535.9514.212.8
70-7450.9659.6510.99.9
75-7977.4095.958.37.4
80-84127.31143.816.15.5
85-89190.97226.584.64.0
90-94267.64311.663.53.0
95-99351.30417.942.72.3
100+458.04535.332.21.9