Mortality in Melanesia, 2001

Melanesia
2001
Life expectancy: 62.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia was 62.9 years in 2001: 65.3 for women and 61.0 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 55,358 people died; 27.2% of them were 65 or older and 26.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
62.9
Women
65.3
Men
61.0
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
47.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
61.7
Deaths
55,358
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
293
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
216
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001'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.
WomenMen
Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
045.6053.3965.361.0
1-43.673.7467.363.3
5-91.391.4964.360.2
10-141.071.1659.755.7
15-191.742.2455.051.0
20-242.213.2250.546.5
25-292.563.2746.042.2
30-343.053.6741.537.9
35-393.864.7637.133.5
40-444.976.5532.829.3
45-496.709.6728.625.2
50-549.7014.4124.521.3
55-5913.7621.3320.517.7
60-6421.6732.6416.814.4
65-6933.9348.4613.511.5
70-7454.5772.8410.58.9
75-7986.27109.808.06.8
80-84132.23164.376.05.1
85-89195.76242.314.43.8
90-94283.60343.283.32.8
95-99404.84466.352.42.1
100+561.83591.651.81.7