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

Mortality in Melanesia, 2002

Melanesia
2002
Life expectancy: 62.8
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Melanesia was 62.8 years in 2002: 65.1 for women and 60.9 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 57,624 people died; 27.7% of them were 65 or older and 25.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
62.8
Women
65.1
Men
60.9
Life expectancy at 65
12.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
47.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
61.0
Deaths
57,624
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
296
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
219
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002'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
045.0252.7465.160.9
1-43.623.6967.163.2
5-91.401.4964.060.1
10-141.091.1659.555.5
15-191.782.2554.850.8
20-242.263.2350.346.4
25-292.613.2945.842.1
30-343.113.7041.437.8
35-393.934.8037.033.4
40-445.076.6332.729.2
45-496.839.8028.425.1
50-549.8614.6224.321.2
55-5913.9721.6020.417.6
60-6421.9733.0516.714.3
65-6934.3648.9613.411.4
70-7455.1173.4210.48.9
75-7987.14110.567.96.8
80-84134.47165.715.95.1
85-89199.75244.664.43.7
90-94289.20345.013.22.8
95-99414.05465.932.32.1
100+584.01591.721.71.7