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

Mortality in Micronesia, 1978

Micronesia
1978
Life expectancy: 63.2
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Micronesia was 63.2 years in 1978: 66.5 for women and 60.5 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 2,279 people died; 27.6% of them were 65 or older and 27.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
63.2
Women
66.5
Men
60.5
Life expectancy at 65
12.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
45.7
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
60.8
Deaths
2,279
Deaths per 1,000 people
7.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
308
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
196
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.
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
042.7751.7366.560.5
1-43.864.1168.462.6
5-91.191.5065.459.6
10-141.011.2460.855.1
15-191.612.7756.150.4
20-241.893.6651.546.1
25-292.063.5547.041.9
30-342.423.9542.437.6
35-393.255.1237.933.3
40-444.167.2233.529.1
45-496.309.9329.225.0
50-548.9114.6525.021.2
55-5913.0822.6221.017.6
60-6420.2133.3617.314.4
65-6931.5248.2413.811.5
70-7450.9772.3110.89.0
75-7982.02108.888.16.9
80-84129.68162.376.05.2
85-89194.44234.204.53.9
90-94281.63333.753.32.9
95-99392.99453.952.52.2
100+522.06585.071.91.7