Life expectancy at birth in Northern Europe was 71.7 years in 1966: 74.7 for women and 68.6 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 952,405 people died; 69.2% of them were 65 or older and 3.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

71.7

Women

74.7

Men

68.6

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.1

Deaths

952,405

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.1

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

184

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

105

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	16.36	21.47	74.7	68.6
1-4	0.78	0.97	74.9	69.1
5-9	0.32	0.49	71.1	65.3
10-14	0.27	0.44	66.2	60.5
15-19	0.43	1.03	61.3	55.6
20-24	0.49	1.17	56.4	50.9
25-29	0.61	1.24	51.6	46.2
30-34	0.83	1.51	46.7	41.5
35-39	1.31	2.14	41.9	36.7
40-44	2.12	3.29	37.2	32.1
45-49	3.34	5.42	32.5	27.6
50-54	5.23	9.19	28.0	23.3
55-59	7.83	15.50	23.7	19.3
60-64	12.62	26.15	19.5	15.6
65-69	21.65	41.67	15.7	12.4
70-74	37.80	63.05	12.1	9.7
75-79	64.88	96.44	9.1	7.4
80-84	108.86	146.44	6.7	5.5
85-89	176.02	222.83	4.8	4.0
90-94	261.68	324.87	3.5	2.9
95-99	370.28	437.55	2.6	2.2
100+	488.40	548.40	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Northern Europe by year

Mortality in Northern Europe, 1966

Year

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