Life expectancy at birth in New Zealand was 71.9 years in 1974: 75.1 for women and 68.9 for men, a gap of 6.2 years. 24,959 people died; 64.2% of them were 65 or older and 4.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

71.9

Women

75.1

Men

68.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

15.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

18.7

Deaths

24,959

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.2

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

189

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

115

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	12.62	18.40	75.1	68.9
1-4	0.81	0.87	75.1	69.2
5-9	0.33	0.43	71.3	65.4
10-14	0.33	0.53	66.4	60.6
15-19	0.68	1.65	61.5	55.7
20-24	0.53	1.57	56.7	51.2
25-29	0.66	1.41	51.9	46.5
30-34	0.75	1.55	47.0	41.8
35-39	1.53	1.98	42.2	37.2
40-44	2.63	3.27	37.5	32.5
45-49	3.80	5.61	33.0	28.0
50-54	5.79	9.34	28.6	23.7
55-59	8.10	15.33	24.3	19.7
60-64	13.73	24.85	20.2	16.1
65-69	19.43	37.91	16.5	12.9
70-74	35.44	60.87	12.9	10.0
75-79	57.12	92.03	9.9	7.7
80-84	94.53	133.92	7.3	5.8
85-89	153.57	211.91	5.3	4.2
90-94	240.93	312.85	3.7	3.0
95-99	353.89	416.30	2.7	2.3
100+	494.88	541.62	2.0	1.9

Mortality in New Zealand by year

Mortality in New Zealand, 1974

Year

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