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

Melanesia

1978

Life expectancy: 58.2

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-5 -1 1978 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia was 58.2 years in 1978: 61.1 for women and 56.1 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 37,644 people died; 13.8% of them were 65 or older and 39.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

58.2

Women

61.1

Men

56.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

97.5

Deaths

37,644

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.2

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

352

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

256

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	69.71	81.07	61.1	56.1
1-4	7.11	7.03	64.4	59.7
5-9	2.22	2.48	62.2	57.3
10-14	1.57	1.76	57.9	53.0
15-19	2.32	3.08	53.3	48.5
20-24	2.88	4.46	48.9	44.2
25-29	3.32	4.55	44.6	40.1
30-34	3.94	5.09	40.3	36.0
35-39	4.88	6.46	36.0	31.8
40-44	6.19	8.63	31.9	27.8
45-49	8.06	12.15	27.8	23.9
50-54	11.44	17.37	23.8	20.3
55-59	15.97	24.67	20.1	16.9
60-64	24.56	36.62	16.5	13.7
65-69	36.97	53.13	13.4	11.0
70-74	56.41	78.65	10.5	8.6
75-79	82.93	116.11	8.2	6.6
80-84	125.35	170.66	6.2	4.9
85-89	193.47	253.79	4.5	3.6
90-94	277.33	365.37	3.4	2.6
95-99	382.59	504.27	2.5	2.0
100+	524.80	638.65	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Melanesia by year

Mortality in Melanesia, 1978

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