Less developed regions, excluding China Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions, excluding China was 52.8 years in 1975: 54.1 for women and 51.5 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 29,368,780 people died; 18.4% of them were 65 or older and 46.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1975

Life expectancy at birth

52.8

Women

54.1

Men

51.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

112.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

170.9

Deaths

29,368,780

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.1

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

343

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

285

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1975's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1975

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	115.79	128.30	54.1	51.5
1-4	17.49	16.81	59.6	57.3
5-9	4.20	4.20	59.8	57.1
10-14	2.42	2.43	56.0	53.3
15-19	3.27	3.44	51.6	48.9
20-24	4.12	4.76	47.4	44.7
25-29	4.64	5.15	43.4	40.7
30-34	5.17	5.63	39.3	36.7
35-39	5.94	6.81	35.3	32.7
40-44	6.92	8.63	31.3	28.8
45-49	8.51	11.41	27.3	24.9
50-54	11.70	15.81	23.4	21.2
55-59	16.65	22.27	19.6	17.8
60-64	25.24	32.84	16.1	14.6
65-69	37.92	47.33	12.9	11.7
70-74	58.85	70.40	10.1	9.2
75-79	91.43	106.16	7.7	7.0
80-84	138.34	158.45	5.8	5.3
85-89	203.01	230.62	4.3	3.9
90-94	288.46	328.04	3.2	2.9
95-99	394.97	438.53	2.5	2.2
100+	521.84	564.27	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, excluding China, 1975

Year

Country