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

Malaysia

1976

Life expectancy: 66.2

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-5 -1 1976 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Malaysia was 66.2 years in 1976: 68.1 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 71,675 people died; 36.6% of them were 65 or older and 20.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

66.2

Women

68.1

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

31.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.5

Deaths

71,675

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

246

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

181

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	28.99	35.77	68.1	64.6
1-4	1.96	2.16	69.0	65.9
5-9	0.96	1.10	65.6	62.4
10-14	0.62	0.82	60.9	57.8
15-19	0.89	1.31	56.1	53.0
20-24	1.23	1.87	51.3	48.3
25-29	1.46	1.99	46.6	43.7
30-34	2.03	2.37	41.9	39.2
35-39	2.55	2.96	37.3	34.6
40-44	3.63	4.83	32.8	30.1
45-49	5.44	7.73	28.3	25.7
50-54	8.50	12.68	24.0	21.6
55-59	14.26	20.56	20.0	17.9
60-64	23.14	31.53	16.2	14.5
65-69	38.31	49.00	12.9	11.6
70-74	60.61	73.79	10.1	9.1
75-79	87.05	100.44	7.8	7.1
80-84	139.93	160.03	5.7	5.2
85-89	206.67	233.32	4.3	3.9
90-94	296.21	328.51	3.2	2.9
95-99	404.98	441.99	2.4	2.2
100+	529.69	566.19	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Malaysia by year

Mortality in Malaysia, 1976

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