Papua New Guinea Mortality 1959: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Papua New Guinea

1959

Life expectancy: 45.1

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Life expectancy at birth in Papua New Guinea was 45.1 years in 1959: 47.5 for women and 43.4 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 33,787 people died; 5.4% of them were 65 or older and 52.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1959

Life expectancy at birth

45.1

Women

47.5

Men

43.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

134.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

204.7

Deaths

33,787

Deaths per 1,000 people

17.4

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

496

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

384

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	137.41	159.03	47.5	43.4
1-4	21.76	20.88	53.3	49.6
5-9	6.19	6.35	54.0	49.7
10-14	3.99	3.82	50.6	46.2
15-19	5.54	5.93	46.6	42.1
20-24	6.88	9.38	42.8	38.3
25-29	7.65	9.89	39.2	35.0
30-34	8.53	10.88	35.6	31.6
35-39	9.51	12.77	32.1	28.2
40-44	10.68	15.40	28.5	24.9
45-49	11.99	18.65	25.0	21.7
50-54	15.45	23.65	21.3	18.6
55-59	20.68	30.22	17.8	15.6
60-64	31.22	42.76	14.5	12.8
65-69	46.41	60.11	11.5	10.2
70-74	73.74	89.34	8.9	8.0
75-79	111.62	130.29	6.8	6.1
80-84	166.07	190.48	5.1	4.6
85-89	237.00	265.80	3.9	3.5
90-94	322.75	355.11	2.9	2.7
95-99	435.03	475.37	2.3	2.1
100+	558.57	601.40	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Papua New Guinea by year

Mortality in Papua New Guinea, 1959

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