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

Mauritius

1956

Life expectancy: 55.1

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Life expectancy at birth in Mauritius was 55.1 years in 1956: 57.0 for women and 53.4 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 7,483 people died; 23.9% of them were 65 or older and 36.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

55.1

Women

57.0

Men

53.4

Life expectancy at 65

9.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

117.1

Deaths

7,483

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

409

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

298

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	68.18	82.04	57.0	53.4
1-4	13.69	11.83	60.0	56.9
5-9	2.29	1.87	59.2	55.5
10-14	1.17	0.96	54.9	51.0
15-19	2.44	1.70	50.2	46.3
20-24	3.82	2.41	45.8	41.6
25-29	4.60	3.14	41.6	37.1
30-34	4.99	4.45	37.5	32.7
35-39	5.55	6.97	33.4	28.3
40-44	7.22	10.79	29.3	24.2
45-49	8.87	15.40	25.3	20.4
50-54	13.09	23.85	21.3	16.9
55-59	20.04	36.08	17.6	13.7
60-64	30.64	52.64	14.1	10.9
65-69	47.58	79.64	11.0	8.4
70-74	79.60	121.69	8.3	6.4
75-79	124.91	178.42	6.2	4.7
80-84	178.75	264.58	4.6	3.4
85-89	288.77	404.76	3.2	2.4
90-94	448.43	604.47	2.2	1.6
95-99	648.89	821.59	1.5	1.2
100+	803.60	927.47	1.2	1.1

Mortality in Mauritius by year

Mortality in Mauritius, 1956

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