Northern Europe Mortality 1959: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Northern Europe was 70.9 years in 1959: 73.6 for women and 68.1 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 881,613 people died; 67.4% of them were 65 or older and 4.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1959

Life expectancy at birth

70.9

Women

73.6

Men

68.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

23.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.8

Deaths

881,613

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.8

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

186

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

111

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1959's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1959

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	21.09	27.10	73.6	68.1
1-4	0.94	1.16	74.1	69.0
5-9	0.37	0.56	70.4	65.3
10-14	0.30	0.45	65.5	60.5
15-19	0.41	1.00	60.6	55.6
20-24	0.58	1.31	55.7	50.9
25-29	0.73	1.32	50.9	46.2
30-34	0.98	1.54	46.1	41.5
35-39	1.49	2.08	41.3	36.8
40-44	2.25	3.15	36.6	32.1
45-49	3.43	5.28	32.0	27.6
50-54	5.35	9.30	27.5	23.3
55-59	8.31	16.15	23.1	19.3
60-64	13.73	25.93	19.0	15.7
65-69	23.10	40.23	15.2	12.5
70-74	40.33	62.70	11.7	9.7
75-79	70.28	97.16	8.7	7.3
80-84	116.20	147.15	6.4	5.4
85-89	186.66	230.91	4.6	3.9
90-94	280.83	327.31	3.3	2.9
95-99	399.11	449.53	2.4	2.2
100+	523.59	564.81	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Northern Europe by year

Mortality in Northern Europe, 1959

Year

Country