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

Malta

1968

Life expectancy: 69.9

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Life expectancy at birth in Malta was 69.9 years in 1968: 71.9 for women and 67.8 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 3,202 people died; 70.1% of them were 65 or older and 5.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

69.9

Women

71.9

Men

67.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

28.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.4

Deaths

3,202

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.9

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

175

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

107

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	24.97	32.22	72.0	67.8
1-4	0.86	0.88	72.8	69.0
5-9	0.21	0.35	69.0	65.2
10-14	0.27	0.33	64.1	60.3
15-19	0.27	0.69	59.2	55.4
20-24	0.27	0.83	54.2	50.6
25-29	0.25	0.74	49.3	45.8
30-34	0.71	1.01	44.4	41.0
35-39	1.08	1.74	39.5	36.2
40-44	2.03	2.77	34.7	31.5
45-49	3.05	5.17	30.0	26.9
50-54	4.91	8.48	25.4	22.5
55-59	9.96	16.92	21.0	18.3
60-64	17.48	25.71	16.9	14.7
65-69	28.50	42.19	13.3	11.4
70-74	50.54	69.66	9.9	8.5
75-79	94.63	122.31	7.0	6.0
80-84	169.54	211.51	4.8	4.1
85-89	289.88	349.94	3.2	2.7
90-94	474.50	548.60	2.1	1.8
95-99	683.36	752.76	1.5	1.3
100+	838.22	883.63	1.2	1.1

Mortality in Malta by year

Mortality in Malta, 1968

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