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

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 44.3 years in 1959: 45.5 for women and 43.1 for men, a gap of 2.4 years. 42,367,262 people died; 16.4% of them were 65 or older and 47.4% 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

44.3

Women

45.5

Men

43.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

145.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

236.5

Deaths

42,367,262

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.5

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

446

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

374

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	154.02	169.67	45.5	43.1
1-4	29.18	27.97	51.9	49.8
5-9	7.05	6.95	54.0	51.4
10-14	4.32	4.36	50.9	48.1
15-19	4.64	4.80	46.9	44.1
20-24	5.68	6.42	43.0	40.1
25-29	6.45	7.11	39.1	36.4
30-34	7.25	7.85	35.3	32.6
35-39	8.45	9.43	31.5	28.8
40-44	10.07	12.35	27.8	25.1
45-49	12.22	16.15	24.1	21.5
50-54	16.65	22.76	20.5	18.1
55-59	22.22	30.89	17.0	15.0
60-64	34.63	46.86	13.7	12.0
65-69	52.93	68.18	10.8	9.6
70-74	80.76	98.49	8.3	7.5
75-79	121.65	143.09	6.3	5.7
80-84	185.79	205.75	4.6	4.3
85-89	270.46	293.13	3.4	3.2
90-94	377.22	400.17	2.6	2.4
95-99	493.69	514.55	2.0	1.9
100+	617.86	628.06	1.6	1.6

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1959

Year

Country