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

More developed regions

1976

Life expectancy: 71.8

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

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-5 -1 1976 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in More developed regions was 71.8 years in 1976: 75.4 for women and 68.1 for men, a gap of 7.3 years. 10,010,560 people died; 66.9% of them were 65 or older and 3.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

71.8

Women

75.4

Men

68.1

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.2

Deaths

10,010,560

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

212

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

103

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	16.47	21.15	75.4	68.1
1-4	0.84	1.04	75.6	68.5
5-9	0.33	0.48	71.9	64.8
10-14	0.27	0.45	67.0	59.9
15-19	0.48	1.27	62.1	55.1
20-24	0.59	1.82	57.2	50.4
25-29	0.69	1.76	52.4	45.8
30-34	0.89	1.97	47.5	41.2
35-39	1.37	3.14	42.7	36.6
40-44	2.07	4.58	38.0	32.1
45-49	3.26	7.21	33.4	27.8
50-54	4.95	10.38	28.9	23.7
55-59	7.42	15.53	24.6	19.9
60-64	11.66	24.16	20.4	16.3
65-69	18.97	37.24	16.4	13.0
70-74	33.06	58.36	12.8	10.2
75-79	57.88	89.66	9.7	7.8
80-84	98.98	136.06	7.1	5.8
85-89	163.39	203.98	5.1	4.3
90-94	249.60	293.15	3.7	3.2
95-99	354.88	393.42	2.7	2.5
100+	476.33	501.33	2.1	2.0

Mortality in More developed regions by year

Mortality in More developed regions, 1976

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