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

Mauritius

1994

Life expectancy: 70.4

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Life expectancy at birth in Mauritius was 70.4 years in 1994: 74.2 for women and 67.0 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 7,361 people died; 52.7% of them were 65 or older and 6.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 65-69. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

70.4

Women

74.2

Men

67.0

Life expectancy at 65

14.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

20.9

Deaths

7,361

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.4

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

251

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

123

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	15.73	21.34	74.2	67.0
1-4	0.65	0.72	74.4	67.4
5-9	0.27	0.34	70.6	63.6
10-14	0.31	0.37	65.7	58.7
15-19	0.45	0.81	60.8	53.8
20-24	0.69	1.20	55.9	49.0
25-29	0.77	1.40	51.1	44.3
30-34	0.98	2.50	46.3	39.6
35-39	1.42	3.96	41.5	35.0
40-44	2.33	5.35	36.7	30.7
45-49	3.80	8.33	32.1	26.5
50-54	5.87	13.36	27.7	22.5
55-59	9.83	20.90	23.5	18.8
60-64	17.00	28.14	19.5	15.6
65-69	24.54	43.88	16.0	12.6
70-74	38.30	61.83	12.8	10.1
75-79	54.99	85.42	9.9	7.9
80-84	94.76	139.02	7.3	5.8
85-89	151.18	202.27	5.2	4.3
90-94	249.98	304.11	3.6	3.1
95-99	396.93	443.45	2.4	2.2
100+	564.27	591.23	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Mauritius by year

Mortality in Mauritius, 1994

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