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

More developed regions

1958

Life expectancy: 68.4

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1958 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in More developed regions was 68.4 years in 1958: 71.2 for women and 65.5 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 8,280,002 people died; 55.7% of them were 65 or older and 11.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

68.4

Women

71.2

Men

65.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

39.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

48.4

Deaths

8,280,002

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

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

218

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

130

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	36.35	45.20	71.2	65.5
1-4	2.18	2.45	72.8	67.5
5-9	0.60	0.83	69.4	64.1
10-14	0.43	0.65	64.6	59.4
15-19	0.70	1.33	59.7	54.6
20-24	0.99	1.94	54.9	49.9
25-29	1.19	2.05	50.2	45.4
30-34	1.46	2.31	45.5	40.8
35-39	1.92	2.91	40.8	36.3
40-44	2.70	4.32	36.1	31.8
45-49	3.95	6.62	31.6	27.4
50-54	5.93	10.74	27.2	23.2
55-59	8.90	16.89	22.9	19.4
60-64	14.32	26.07	18.8	15.8
65-69	23.75	39.38	15.0	12.7
70-74	41.07	59.90	11.6	9.9
75-79	71.25	93.55	8.7	7.5
80-84	118.50	145.54	6.3	5.5
85-89	188.37	220.38	4.6	4.1
90-94	278.33	315.70	3.3	3.0
95-99	387.68	420.93	2.5	2.3
100+	506.95	523.48	2.0	1.9

Mortality in More developed regions by year

Mortality in More developed regions, 1958

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