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

Mortality in Melanesia, 1963

Melanesia
1963
Life expectancy: 49.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia was 49.8 years in 1963: 52.3 for women and 47.9 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 42,125 people died; 10.0% of them were 65 or older and 47.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
49.8
Women
52.3
Men
47.9
Life expectancy at 65
11.1
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
108.4
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
159.3
Deaths
42,125
Deaths per 1,000 people
14.6
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
452
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
349
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963'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
0108.63125.7552.347.9
1-415.0414.5157.153.2
5-94.504.6956.552.2
10-143.013.0052.848.4
15-194.274.7648.544.1
20-245.417.3444.540.1
25-296.157.8340.736.5
30-347.068.7936.932.9
35-398.1310.6633.129.2
40-449.4013.2229.425.7
45-4910.9716.7225.722.3
50-5414.6721.9522.019.0
55-5919.6328.9318.415.9
60-6429.7141.7915.113.0
65-6943.8558.7412.110.4
70-7468.4886.349.48.2
75-79102.21124.997.36.3
80-84148.69179.565.64.8
85-89206.64255.614.33.6
90-94285.70367.743.32.6
95-99404.03531.562.41.9
100+570.45695.561.81.4