Mortality in Malaysia, 1951

Malaysia
1951
Life expectancy: 49.2
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
Hover a bar for the number of deaths. Top-heavy where people live long lives, wide at the bottom where many children die.
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malaysia was 49.2 years in 1951: 50.1 for women and 48.5 for men, a gap of 1.7 years. 120,678 people died; 31.5% of them were 65 or older and 35.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
49.2
Women
50.1
Men
48.5
Life expectancy at 65
8.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
109.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
160.1
Deaths
120,678
Deaths per 1,000 people
19.3
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
435
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
386
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.
WomenMen
Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0111.61125.5950.148.5
1-414.6714.6654.953.8
5-94.474.4854.152.9
10-142.122.3050.349.0
15-193.393.1445.844.6
20-244.894.8641.540.2
25-296.455.5837.536.2
30-347.876.7433.632.1
35-399.398.7829.928.1
40-449.5510.8126.224.3
45-4913.2717.1122.420.5
50-5417.6023.6418.717.1
55-5925.0133.1515.213.9
60-6441.6151.5611.911.0
65-6969.8580.939.18.5
70-74110.31121.456.86.5
75-79157.75164.505.15.0
80-84251.21259.323.63.5
85-89370.41377.452.62.6
90-94526.99527.051.91.9
95-99693.11686.591.41.5
100+819.94810.701.21.2