Life expectancy at birth in Polynesia was 59.5 years in 1966: 61.5 for women and 57.8 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 3,566 people died; 24.2% of them were 65 or older and 35.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

59.5

Women

61.5

Men

57.8

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

81.3

Deaths

3,566

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

328

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

263

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	57.01	68.49	61.5	57.9
1-4	5.64	5.84	64.0	60.9
5-9	2.26	2.32	61.4	58.3
10-14	1.70	1.68	57.1	53.9
15-19	2.62	2.84	52.6	49.3
20-24	3.20	4.14	48.2	45.0
25-29	3.68	4.14	44.0	40.9
30-34	4.26	4.71	39.7	36.7
35-39	5.22	6.01	35.5	32.5
40-44	6.48	8.09	31.4	28.4
45-49	8.38	11.27	27.3	24.5
50-54	11.15	15.80	23.4	20.8
55-59	15.84	22.48	19.6	17.3
60-64	24.05	34.07	16.0	14.0
65-69	37.48	50.91	12.7	11.1
70-74	60.20	77.06	9.8	8.7
75-79	95.54	115.61	7.4	6.6
80-84	148.99	171.46	5.5	4.9
85-89	222.61	249.71	4.0	3.7
90-94	314.42	346.22	3.0	2.8
95-99	425.85	463.62	2.3	2.1
100+	555.06	590.11	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Polynesia by year

Mortality in Polynesia, 1966

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