Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Malaysia

1969

Life expectancy: 62.9

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1969 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malaysia was 62.9 years in 1969: 64.3 for women and 61.6 for men, a gap of 2.7 years. 74,195 people died; 30.2% of them were 65 or older and 26.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

62.9

Women

64.3

Men

61.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

45.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

57.7

Deaths

74,195

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.5

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

277

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

224

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	42.00	51.23	64.3	61.6
1-4	3.19	3.51	66.0	63.7
5-9	1.58	1.61	62.9	60.6
10-14	0.92	1.11	58.3	56.1
15-19	1.19	1.49	53.6	51.4
20-24	1.74	2.09	48.9	46.8
25-29	2.10	2.24	44.3	42.2
30-34	2.91	2.74	39.7	37.7
35-39	3.72	3.64	35.3	33.1
40-44	4.79	5.73	30.9	28.7
45-49	6.96	9.01	26.6	24.5
50-54	10.30	14.55	22.4	20.5
55-59	16.90	23.28	18.5	16.8
60-64	27.52	35.76	14.9	13.6
65-69	45.64	55.63	11.7	10.7
70-74	72.19	83.78	9.1	8.4
75-79	103.58	113.94	6.9	6.5
80-84	166.13	181.17	5.0	4.7
85-89	245.24	264.14	3.7	3.5
90-94	350.77	371.31	2.7	2.6
95-99	475.64	496.83	2.1	2.0
100+	607.02	625.27	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Malaysia by year

Mortality in Malaysia, 1969

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