Papua New Guinea Mortality 1970: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Papua New Guinea

1970

Life expectancy: 52.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1970 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Papua New Guinea was 52.1 years in 1970: 54.7 for women and 50.3 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 31,519 people died; 7.6% of them were 65 or older and 48.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1970

Life expectancy at birth

52.1

Women

54.7

Men

50.3

Life expectancy at 65

11.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

100.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

142.9

Deaths

31,519

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.6

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

417

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

315

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	100.19	115.62	54.7	50.3
1-4	12.39	11.86	59.3	55.3
5-9	3.76	3.97	58.2	53.9
10-14	2.55	2.58	54.3	49.9
15-19	3.70	4.35	49.9	45.5
20-24	4.59	6.59	45.8	41.5
25-29	5.18	6.81	41.8	37.8
30-34	5.95	7.54	37.8	34.0
35-39	6.96	9.12	33.9	30.2
40-44	8.23	11.50	30.0	26.5
45-49	9.86	14.85	26.2	22.9
50-54	13.08	19.91	22.4	19.5
55-59	17.93	26.92	18.7	16.3
60-64	27.32	39.20	15.2	13.2
65-69	41.72	56.54	12.1	10.6
70-74	67.72	84.71	9.3	8.2
75-79	105.44	125.02	7.0	6.3
80-84	159.37	183.27	5.2	4.7
85-89	231.34	259.52	3.9	3.6
90-94	318.37	349.95	3.0	2.7
95-99	431.60	467.72	2.3	2.1
100+	556.48	592.45	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Papua New Guinea by year

Mortality in Papua New Guinea, 1970

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