Less developed regions, excluding China Mortality 1961: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 47.4 years in 1961: 48.4 for women and 46.5 for men, a gap of 1.9 years. 26,731,722 people died; 14.2% of them were 65 or older and 52.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1961

Life expectancy at birth

47.4

Women

48.4

Men

46.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

139.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

220.2

Deaths

26,731,722

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.2

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

390

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

344

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1961's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1961

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	145.99	161.97	48.4	46.5
1-4	25.64	24.50	54.7	53.4
5-9	5.09	4.90	56.4	54.7
10-14	3.33	2.94	52.8	51.0
15-19	4.45	4.27	48.6	46.7
20-24	5.45	5.99	44.7	42.6
25-29	6.25	6.52	40.8	38.8
30-34	7.05	7.15	37.0	35.1
35-39	8.11	8.57	33.3	31.2
40-44	9.15	10.56	29.6	27.5
45-49	10.67	13.39	25.8	23.8
50-54	13.98	17.92	22.1	20.3
55-59	19.05	24.43	18.5	17.0
60-64	28.72	35.44	15.1	13.9
65-69	42.63	51.31	12.0	11.1
70-74	66.79	77.22	9.3	8.6
75-79	104.09	118.15	7.0	6.5
80-84	159.39	178.14	5.2	4.8
85-89	231.57	258.49	3.9	3.6
90-94	324.38	357.55	2.9	2.7
95-99	436.80	468.40	2.2	2.1
100+	578.27	608.83	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1961

Year

Country