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Mortality in Italy, 1981

Italy
1981
Life expectancy: 74.4
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Italy was 74.4 years in 1981: 77.8 for women and 71.1 for men, a gap of 6.7 years. 545,657 people died; 75.3% of them were 65 or older and 1.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
74.4
Women
77.8
Men
71.1
Life expectancy at 65
15.6
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
14.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
15.8
Deaths
545,657
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.6
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
160
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
74
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
012.6015.6977.871.1
1-40.420.5077.771.2
5-90.200.2973.967.4
10-140.190.3568.962.4
15-190.310.9764.057.6
20-240.361.1159.152.8
25-290.431.0254.248.1
30-340.541.1149.343.3
35-390.891.5244.438.6
40-441.352.5939.633.8
45-492.284.7634.929.2
50-543.608.2230.224.9
55-595.6613.5225.720.8
60-649.2820.8521.417.1
65-6915.1132.0017.313.7
70-7427.2552.0813.410.6
75-7950.9783.6710.08.0
80-8493.64132.067.25.9
85-89161.51202.285.04.3
90-94257.98297.513.53.2
95-99383.00411.802.52.4
100+532.77543.071.91.8