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

Life expectancy at birth in Less developed regions was 45.0 years in 1961: 46.3 for women and 43.8 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 41,532,891 people died; 16.7% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% 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

45.0

Women

46.3

Men

43.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

141.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

228.7

Deaths

41,532,891

Deaths per 1,000 people

19.4

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

439

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

368

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	149.54	164.66	46.3	43.8
1-4	27.72	26.49	52.5	50.3
5-9	6.97	6.91	54.4	51.7
10-14	4.21	4.31	51.2	48.4
15-19	4.49	4.66	47.3	44.5
20-24	5.48	6.24	43.3	40.4
25-29	6.24	6.93	39.4	36.6
30-34	7.05	7.68	35.6	32.8
35-39	8.22	9.21	31.8	29.0
40-44	9.83	12.04	28.0	25.3
45-49	11.99	15.84	24.3	21.7
50-54	16.34	22.27	20.6	18.3
55-59	21.97	30.47	17.2	15.1
60-64	33.90	45.73	13.8	12.2
65-69	51.92	66.93	10.9	9.7
70-74	79.19	96.58	8.4	7.5
75-79	119.68	140.44	6.4	5.8
80-84	183.49	203.61	4.7	4.3
85-89	266.72	288.09	3.5	3.3
90-94	370.94	393.16	2.6	2.5
95-99	485.91	504.87	2.0	2.0
100+	611.81	619.92	1.6	1.6

Mortality in Less developed regions by year

Mortality in Less developed regions, 1961

Year

Country