Mortality in Madagascar, 1951

Madagascar
1951
Life expectancy: 39.9
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
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Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Madagascar was 39.9 years in 1951: 40.8 for women and 39.1 for men, a gap of 1.8 years. 99,125 people died; 12.5% of them were 65 or older and 44.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
39.9
Women
40.8
Men
39.1
Life expectancy at 65
9.9
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
138.5
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
235.2
Deaths
99,125
Deaths per 1,000 people
24.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
517
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
481
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1951's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0138.47166.5740.839.1
1-429.1530.7545.744.9
5-914.3112.7147.146.5
10-147.176.6345.544.4
15-197.737.3642.040.8
20-248.8510.4138.637.3
25-2910.3611.0435.234.1
30-3412.0811.8132.030.9
35-3913.8513.4328.827.6
40-4415.0916.2225.724.4
45-4916.3219.4622.521.2
50-5419.8024.1519.218.1
55-5926.9731.5315.915.2
60-6439.1843.5812.912.3
65-6959.1662.7110.19.7
70-7491.3696.877.77.4
75-79136.70146.025.85.5
80-84205.46221.344.34.0
85-89290.67339.853.22.8
90-94412.76471.502.42.1
95-99535.76613.411.91.6
100+659.54746.881.51.3