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

Mortality in Melanesia, 1968

Melanesia
1968
Life expectancy: 52.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia was 52.9 years in 1968: 55.5 for women and 50.9 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 40,481 people died; 11.1% of them were 65 or older and 45.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
52.9
Women
55.5
Men
50.9
Life expectancy at 65
11.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
94.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
135.1
Deaths
40,481
Deaths per 1,000 people
12.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
417
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
315
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968'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
094.08109.0055.550.9
1-411.5811.2459.955.6
5-93.533.7758.654.1
10-142.392.4954.650.1
15-193.494.1150.345.7
20-244.406.2246.141.6
25-295.016.5242.137.8
30-345.827.3438.134.0
35-396.899.0534.130.2
40-448.2411.5530.226.4
45-499.9615.1926.422.9
50-5413.5020.3822.619.5
55-5918.2927.3619.016.3
60-6427.7039.7815.613.3
65-6940.6056.6212.510.7
70-7462.2482.479.88.4
75-7996.67121.617.56.4
80-84145.36177.645.64.8
85-89208.52254.974.33.6
90-94286.62364.253.32.6
95-99394.26517.372.41.9
100+567.09711.591.81.4