New Zealand Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in New Zealand was 70.5 years in 1955: 73.0 for women and 68.1 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 19,054 people died; 61.7% of them were 65 or older and 8.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1955

Life expectancy at birth

70.5

Women

73.0

Men

68.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.0

Deaths

19,054

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.9

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

188

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

127

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1955

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	20.93	29.67	73.0	68.1
1-4	1.52	1.63	73.5	69.2
5-9	0.43	0.70	70.0	65.6
10-14	0.46	0.64	65.1	60.8
15-19	0.61	1.42	60.3	56.0
20-24	0.87	1.81	55.4	51.4
25-29	0.78	1.56	50.7	46.8
30-34	0.99	1.56	45.8	42.2
35-39	1.61	2.47	41.1	37.5
40-44	2.30	2.91	36.4	32.9
45-49	4.16	5.25	31.8	28.4
50-54	6.84	9.21	27.4	24.1
55-59	8.98	15.42	23.2	20.1
60-64	14.41	23.42	19.2	16.5
65-69	24.91	37.24	15.4	13.2
70-74	38.71	57.62	12.1	10.4
75-79	70.01	90.89	9.2	8.0
80-84	104.22	123.77	7.0	6.2
85-89	160.09	187.95	5.1	4.6
90-94	243.52	272.98	3.7	3.4
95-99	348.99	379.22	2.7	2.6
100+	480.77	504.69	2.1	2.0

Mortality in New Zealand by year

Mortality in New Zealand, 1955

Year

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