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

Myanmar

1956

Life expectancy: 41.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Myanmar was 41.2 years in 1956: 42.8 for women and 39.6 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 461,548 people died; 12.3% of them were 65 or older and 52.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

41.2

Women

42.8

Men

39.6

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

173.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

281.4

Deaths

461,548

Deaths per 1,000 people

23.1

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

474

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

414

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	179.71	211.63	42.8	39.6
1-4	33.83	37.79	50.0	47.6
5-9	5.49	5.38	52.9	50.9
10-14	4.37	3.81	49.3	47.3
15-19	5.82	5.40	45.3	43.1
20-24	7.38	7.77	41.6	39.2
25-29	8.29	8.54	38.0	35.7
30-34	9.41	9.78	34.5	32.1
35-39	10.48	11.65	31.1	28.6
40-44	11.61	14.39	27.6	25.2
45-49	13.20	17.49	24.1	21.9
50-54	17.50	23.08	20.6	18.7
55-59	23.19	30.20	17.2	15.6
60-64	34.65	42.86	14.0	12.8
65-69	49.48	60.26	11.2	10.2
70-74	75.85	87.80	8.7	7.9
75-79	115.46	131.83	6.6	6.0
80-84	174.38	193.24	4.9	4.5
85-89	250.72	280.47	3.6	3.3
90-94	362.54	407.00	2.7	2.4
95-99	480.70	537.64	2.1	1.8
100+	609.57	669.17	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Myanmar by year

Mortality in Myanmar, 1956

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