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Mortality in Italy, 1968

Italy
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 Italy was 70.9 years in 1968: 73.7 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 533,400 people died; 66.4% of them were 65 or older and 6.5% 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
73.7
Men
68.0
Life expectancy at 65
14.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
32.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
36.6
Deaths
533,400
Deaths per 1,000 people
10.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
180
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
99
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
029.3436.6773.768.0
1-41.031.2474.969.5
5-90.360.5371.265.8
10-140.320.5466.361.0
15-190.431.0661.456.2
20-240.511.2056.651.4
25-290.621.2451.746.7
30-340.891.5346.842.0
35-391.292.1842.037.3
40-441.963.5237.332.7
45-493.125.5132.628.2
50-544.778.8628.123.9
55-597.2914.4423.719.9
60-6411.5023.6319.516.2
65-6919.9637.1915.512.9
70-7437.1259.0611.910.0
75-7966.7388.118.87.6
80-84118.38144.046.25.5
85-89195.39221.814.44.0
90-94300.60336.233.12.8
95-99430.20467.392.32.1
100+575.97610.431.71.6