Luxembourg Mortality 1959: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Luxembourg was 68.4 years in 1959: 70.5 for women and 66.3 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 3,605 people died; 62.6% of them were 65 or older and 6.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1959

Life expectancy at birth

68.4

Women

70.5

Men

66.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

40.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.6

Deaths

3,605

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.6

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

212

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

129

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	38.40	44.89	70.6	66.3
1-4	1.04	1.18	72.3	68.3
5-9	0.61	0.80	68.6	64.6
10-14	0.57	0.47	63.8	59.8
15-19	0.92	0.99	58.9	55.0
20-24	0.64	1.81	54.2	50.2
25-29	1.17	2.22	49.4	45.7
30-34	1.21	2.03	44.6	41.2
35-39	1.54	2.80	39.9	36.6
40-44	2.33	2.46	35.2	32.0
45-49	4.56	7.07	30.6	27.4
50-54	6.00	11.15	26.2	23.3
55-59	9.24	16.93	21.9	19.5
60-64	15.69	22.50	17.8	16.0
65-69	25.86	39.81	14.1	12.6
70-74	50.43	59.23	10.6	9.8
75-79	76.18	94.83	8.0	7.3
80-84	138.30	151.54	5.5	5.3
85-89	236.29	240.06	3.7	3.7
90-94	398.29	377.02	2.4	2.5
95-99	602.56	548.35	1.7	1.8
100+	776.46	709.22	1.3	1.4

Mortality in Luxembourg by year

Mortality in Luxembourg, 1959

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