New Zealand Mortality 1970: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in New Zealand was 71.2 years in 1970: 74.5 for women and 68.2 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 24,547 people died; 63.8% of them were 65 or older and 5.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1970

Life expectancy at birth

71.2

Women

74.5

Men

68.2

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

16.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

20.5

Deaths

24,547

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

197

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

118

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1970's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1970

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	14.95	18.71	74.5	68.2
1-4	0.83	1.12	74.6	68.4
5-9	0.39	0.57	70.9	64.7
10-14	0.32	0.58	66.0	59.9
15-19	0.59	1.52	61.1	55.1
20-24	0.60	1.62	56.3	50.5
25-29	0.61	1.58	51.4	45.9
30-34	0.84	1.77	46.6	41.2
35-39	1.69	2.43	41.8	36.6
40-44	2.39	3.72	37.1	32.0
45-49	3.90	6.11	32.5	27.5
50-54	5.98	8.92	28.1	23.3
55-59	8.57	16.09	23.9	19.2
60-64	13.21	26.14	19.8	15.6
65-69	21.81	42.78	16.0	12.5
70-74	35.98	61.21	12.5	9.8
75-79	62.67	99.98	9.5	7.5
80-84	97.86	135.37	7.1	5.8
85-89	167.08	215.87	5.0	4.1
90-94	254.04	311.87	3.6	3.0
95-99	371.30	432.10	2.6	2.3
100+	510.44	564.18	2.0	1.8

Mortality in New Zealand by year

Mortality in New Zealand, 1970

Year

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