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

Mortality in Malaysia, 1971

Malaysia
1971
Life expectancy: 63.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malaysia was 63.8 years in 1971: 65.3 for women and 62.4 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 73,336 people died; 31.4% of them were 65 or older and 24.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
63.8
Women
65.3
Men
62.4
Life expectancy at 65
11.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
41.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
52.7
Deaths
73,336
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
268
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
213
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971'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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
038.3847.0965.362.4
1-42.823.1266.864.3
5-91.401.4563.561.1
10-140.841.0259.056.6
15-191.131.4254.251.8
20-241.622.0349.547.2
25-291.922.1644.942.6
30-342.692.6340.338.1
35-393.383.4035.833.6
40-444.545.5131.429.1
45-496.478.5927.024.8
50-549.9214.1222.820.8
55-5916.2222.4618.817.1
60-6426.3534.4915.213.8
65-6943.6453.6512.011.0
70-7469.0380.799.38.6
75-7999.07109.907.26.7
80-84159.00174.865.24.9
85-89234.74254.943.83.6
90-94335.94358.542.82.7
95-99456.40480.242.22.1
100+586.20607.531.71.7