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

Mortality in Melanesia, 1976

Melanesia
1976
Life expectancy: 57.1
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia was 57.1 years in 1976: 59.9 for women and 55.1 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 38,165 people died; 13.2% of them were 65 or older and 41.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
57.1
Women
59.9
Men
55.1
Life expectancy at 65
11.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
75.9
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
104.1
Deaths
38,165
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
365
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
269
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976'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
074.1086.1159.955.1
1-47.857.7163.558.9
5-92.452.6861.456.7
10-141.711.8957.252.4
15-192.533.2552.647.9
20-243.164.7548.343.6
25-293.624.8644.039.6
30-344.295.4439.835.5
35-395.276.8835.631.5
40-446.629.1431.427.5
45-498.5012.7427.423.6
50-5411.9718.0423.520.0
55-5916.6125.3919.816.7
60-6425.4437.4816.313.6
65-6938.1154.3313.110.9
70-7457.9580.2510.48.5
75-7984.65118.318.06.5
80-84132.01174.536.04.8
85-89201.49259.794.43.5
90-94283.17369.663.32.6
95-99394.89512.622.41.9
100+553.31644.081.81.6