Libya Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Libya was 61.6 years in 1975: 63.9 for women and 59.6 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 23,240 people died; 24.0% of them were 65 or older and 46.7% 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

61.6

Women

63.9

Men

59.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

95.5

Deaths

23,240

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

259

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

188

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	69.13	80.70	63.9	59.6
1-4	6.67	6.66	67.4	63.5
5-9	1.52	1.98	65.2	61.2
10-14	0.99	1.40	60.7	56.8
15-19	1.38	2.37	56.0	52.2
20-24	1.70	3.14	51.3	47.8
25-29	2.00	2.99	46.8	43.5
30-34	2.50	3.24	42.2	39.1
35-39	3.26	4.09	37.7	34.7
40-44	4.35	5.56	33.3	30.4
45-49	5.86	8.06	28.9	26.1
50-54	8.41	12.11	24.7	22.1
55-59	12.13	18.34	20.7	18.3
60-64	19.65	28.70	16.8	14.8
65-69	32.05	44.48	13.3	11.7
70-74	55.36	70.26	10.1	9.0
75-79	91.71	109.33	7.6	6.8
80-84	144.30	166.35	5.6	5.0
85-89	218.40	248.66	4.1	3.7
90-94	308.64	345.68	3.1	2.8
95-99	427.63	466.09	2.3	2.1
100+	555.80	592.49	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Libya by year

Mortality in Libya, 1975

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