Life expectancy at birth in New Caledonia was 72.2 years in 1997: 75.9 for women and 69.0 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 1,125 people died; 49.3% of them were 65 or older and 10.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

72.2

Women

75.9

Men

69.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

24.7

Deaths

1,125

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

191

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

100

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	16.36	22.97	75.9	69.0
1-4	1.19	1.49	76.1	69.6
5-9	0.28	0.58	72.5	66.0
10-14	0.22	0.45	67.6	61.2
15-19	0.40	1.12	62.7	56.3
20-24	0.55	2.23	57.8	51.6
25-29	0.64	2.15	52.9	47.1
30-34	0.76	1.97	48.1	42.6
35-39	1.25	2.86	43.3	38.0
40-44	1.98	3.71	38.5	33.5
45-49	3.15	5.23	33.9	29.1
50-54	4.81	8.62	29.4	24.8
55-59	7.58	14.49	25.0	20.8
60-64	11.45	21.08	20.9	17.1
65-69	17.63	31.86	17.0	13.8
70-74	28.46	50.82	13.3	10.7
75-79	48.90	79.20	9.9	8.1
80-84	96.44	133.81	7.0	5.8
85-89	173.57	213.26	4.8	4.1
90-94	269.74	314.24	3.4	3.0
95-99	391.42	431.99	2.5	2.3
100+	535.30	564.97	1.9	1.8

Mortality in New Caledonia by year

Mortality in New Caledonia, 1997

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