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

Melanesia

1966

Life expectancy: 51.7

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1966 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia was 51.7 years in 1966: 54.3 for women and 49.7 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 41,135 people died; 10.5% of them were 65 or older and 46.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

51.7

Women

54.3

Men

49.7

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

100.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

144.2

Deaths

41,135

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.2

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

432

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

328

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	99.62	115.33	54.3	49.8
1-4	12.85	12.43	58.9	54.7
5-9	3.90	4.13	57.9	53.3
10-14	2.63	2.69	54.0	49.4
15-19	3.78	4.36	49.7	45.0
20-24	4.79	6.67	45.6	41.0
25-29	5.44	7.04	41.6	37.3
30-34	6.30	7.93	37.7	33.5
35-39	7.38	9.70	33.8	29.8
40-44	8.69	12.25	30.0	26.1
45-49	10.33	15.83	26.2	22.6
50-54	13.87	21.00	22.5	19.3
55-59	18.70	27.99	18.9	16.1
60-64	28.19	40.56	15.5	13.2
65-69	41.14	57.47	12.4	10.6
70-74	64.02	83.72	9.7	8.3
75-79	98.50	123.37	7.4	6.4
80-84	145.45	177.85	5.7	4.8
85-89	206.39	254.64	4.3	3.6
90-94	280.24	362.71	3.3	2.6
95-99	388.63	518.31	2.5	1.9
100+	554.54	709.37	1.8	1.4

Mortality in Melanesia by year

Mortality in Melanesia, 1966

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