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

Mortality in Melanesia, 1953

Melanesia
1953
Life expectancy: 43.1
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia was 43.1 years in 1953: 45.5 for women and 41.3 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 43,761 people died; 10.6% of them were 65 or older and 49.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
43.1
Women
45.5
Men
41.3
Life expectancy at 65
10.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
141.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
220.5
Deaths
43,761
Deaths per 1,000 people
19.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
525
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
413
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0144.28168.1145.541.3
1-424.6524.3651.347.6
5-96.536.9952.448.2
10-144.244.1949.144.9
15-195.906.3045.140.8
20-247.4710.1141.337.0
25-298.2910.9037.833.8
30-349.1912.0234.330.5
35-3910.1313.9630.827.3
40-4411.3516.6027.324.0
45-4912.8720.1023.720.9
50-5417.5225.5920.117.8
55-5923.7332.8016.714.9
60-6437.7447.8713.512.2
65-6954.8666.5610.89.8
70-7481.4495.088.57.7
75-79119.93136.236.55.9
80-84173.23196.004.94.5
85-89243.23282.033.83.3
90-94336.08396.102.82.4
95-99456.72551.602.21.8
100+575.74656.171.71.5