Less developed regions, excluding China Mortality 1959: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 46.5 years in 1959: 47.4 for women and 45.7 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 26,359,078 people died; 13.9% of them were 65 or older and 52.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1959

Life expectancy at birth

46.5

Women

47.4

Men

45.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

143.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

229.4

Deaths

26,359,078

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.9

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

396

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

352

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1959's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1959

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	151.13	167.82	47.4	45.7
1-4	27.38	26.21	53.9	52.7
5-9	5.27	5.07	55.9	54.3
10-14	3.51	3.08	52.3	50.7
15-19	4.64	4.39	48.2	46.4
20-24	5.67	6.12	44.3	42.4
25-29	6.49	6.67	40.5	38.6
30-34	7.30	7.32	36.7	34.8
35-39	8.40	8.79	33.0	31.0
40-44	9.39	10.79	29.3	27.3
45-49	10.93	13.64	25.6	23.7
50-54	14.31	18.19	21.9	20.2
55-59	19.51	24.80	18.4	16.9
60-64	29.32	35.86	15.0	13.8
65-69	43.53	52.02	11.9	11.0
70-74	68.00	78.20	9.2	8.5
75-79	105.83	119.74	7.0	6.4
80-84	161.67	180.04	5.2	4.8
85-89	234.18	261.10	3.9	3.5
90-94	328.28	360.35	2.9	2.7
95-99	439.58	470.33	2.2	2.1
100+	581.26	609.76	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1959

Year

Country