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

Maldives

1973

Life expectancy: 47.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Maldives was 47.5 years in 1973: 47.8 for women and 47.1 for men, a gap of 0.7 years. 2,420 people died; 10.4% of them were 65 or older and 58.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

47.5

Women

47.8

Men

47.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

145.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

223.6

Deaths

2,420

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.9

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

348

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

354

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	151.36	173.00	47.8	47.2
1-4	23.72	24.56	54.4	54.7
5-9	5.61	5.02	55.6	56.1
10-14	3.56	3.11	52.1	52.5
15-19	4.67	4.16	48.0	48.3
20-24	5.79	5.77	44.1	44.2
25-29	6.49	5.59	40.3	40.5
30-34	7.37	5.91	36.5	36.5
35-39	8.35	6.98	32.8	32.6
40-44	9.55	8.72	29.1	28.6
45-49	10.83	11.21	25.4	24.8
50-54	14.16	15.26	21.7	21.1
55-59	20.07	21.74	18.1	17.5
60-64	29.81	32.04	14.7	14.3
65-69	44.72	47.66	11.7	11.3
70-74	72.23	75.36	9.0	8.7
75-79	110.55	116.52	6.8	6.5
80-84	164.56	177.39	5.1	4.8
85-89	235.97	261.00	3.9	3.5
90-94	323.47	356.73	2.9	2.7
95-99	429.51	470.65	2.3	2.1
100+	545.91	589.90	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Maldives by year

Mortality in Maldives, 1973

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