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Mortality in Ireland, 1968

Ireland
1968
Life expectancy: 70.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Ireland was 70.9 years in 1968: 73.3 for women and 68.7 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 32,900 people died; 70.7% of them were 65 or older and 4.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
70.9
Women
73.3
Men
68.7
Life expectancy at 65
13.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
20.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
23.9
Deaths
32,900
Deaths per 1,000 people
11.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
177
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
121
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968'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
019.7522.4673.368.7
1-40.670.9273.769.3
5-90.260.5869.965.5
10-140.300.3065.060.7
15-190.380.8160.155.8
20-240.481.2855.251.0
25-290.531.2650.346.3
30-340.931.3945.541.6
35-391.271.8640.736.9
40-442.653.5935.932.2
45-494.505.5431.327.7
50-546.168.7527.023.4
55-598.8514.4622.819.4
60-6415.7327.0518.715.6
65-6923.2839.9315.012.5
70-7443.7863.1711.59.7
75-7970.4895.628.77.4
80-84116.88142.696.45.5
85-89182.60234.144.63.9
90-94280.09334.533.32.9
95-99385.18449.782.52.2
100+517.36576.801.91.7