Less developed regions, excluding China Mortality 1951: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 41.0 years in 1951: 42.4 for women and 39.8 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 26,442,280 people died; 12.8% of them were 65 or older and 53.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1951

Life expectancy at birth

41.0

Women

42.4

Men

39.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

168.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

282.9

Deaths

26,442,280

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.0

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

470

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

398

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1951's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1951

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	179.25	200.66	42.4	39.8
1-4	38.53	37.47	49.4	47.3
5-9	6.83	6.59	53.2	50.5
10-14	4.39	3.87	49.9	47.2
15-19	5.62	5.99	46.0	43.0
20-24	6.87	8.80	42.2	39.3
25-29	7.85	9.58	38.6	35.9
30-34	8.83	10.16	35.0	32.6
35-39	9.95	11.63	31.5	29.1
40-44	11.00	13.66	28.0	25.7
45-49	12.67	16.65	24.4	22.4
50-54	16.42	21.50	20.9	19.1
55-59	22.18	28.73	17.4	16.0
60-64	33.14	40.55	14.2	13.0
65-69	48.70	57.89	11.3	10.4
70-74	75.25	85.67	8.7	8.1
75-79	115.51	128.62	6.6	6.1
80-84	174.24	191.86	4.9	4.5
85-89	249.84	276.87	3.7	3.4
90-94	348.73	387.30	2.7	2.5
95-99	471.89	523.38	2.1	1.9
100+	617.59	681.06	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1951

Year

Country