Libya Mortality 1970: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 56.4 years in 1970: 57.8 for women and 55.1 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 26,072 people died; 21.5% of them were 65 or older and 49.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1970

Life expectancy at birth

56.4

Women

57.8

Men

55.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

136.5

Deaths

26,072

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.5

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

299

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

254

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1970's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1970

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	96.23	110.43	57.8	55.1
1-4	11.64	11.12	62.5	60.4
5-9	2.78	2.98	61.4	59.1
10-14	1.79	1.96	57.2	54.9
15-19	2.45	3.05	52.7	50.4
20-24	3.03	4.12	48.3	46.2
25-29	3.48	3.97	44.0	42.1
30-34	4.16	4.28	39.8	37.9
35-39	5.08	5.26	35.6	33.6
40-44	6.32	6.91	31.4	29.5
45-49	7.90	9.54	27.3	25.4
50-54	10.84	13.75	23.3	21.5
55-59	15.16	19.98	19.5	17.9
60-64	23.96	30.64	15.8	14.5
65-69	37.70	46.66	12.5	11.5
70-74	63.08	73.41	9.6	8.8
75-79	100.72	113.32	7.2	6.6
80-84	154.67	172.04	5.3	4.9
85-89	228.13	254.35	4.0	3.6
90-94	316.82	350.41	3.0	2.7
95-99	433.43	472.36	2.3	2.1
100+	559.66	598.66	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 1970

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