Life expectancy at birth in Polynesia was 60.9 years in 1968: 63.0 for women and 59.1 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 3,385 people died; 25.6% of them were 65 or older and 34.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

60.9

Women

63.0

Men

59.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

72.8

Deaths

3,385

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

317

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

245

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	52.25	62.62	63.0	59.1
1-4	4.63	4.81	65.4	61.8
5-9	1.71	1.81	62.6	59.0
10-14	1.36	1.36	58.1	54.5
15-19	2.28	2.57	53.5	49.9
20-24	2.85	3.89	49.0	45.5
25-29	3.30	3.89	44.7	41.3
30-34	3.82	4.38	40.4	37.1
35-39	4.66	5.59	36.1	32.9
40-44	5.87	7.57	31.9	28.7
45-49	7.75	10.80	27.8	24.7
50-54	10.51	15.40	23.8	21.0
55-59	15.15	21.89	19.9	17.4
60-64	22.77	33.31	16.3	14.1
65-69	35.63	49.89	13.0	11.3
70-74	58.02	75.90	10.0	8.7
75-79	93.13	114.13	7.5	6.7
80-84	145.40	169.42	5.6	5.0
85-89	218.97	247.48	4.1	3.7
90-94	310.33	344.17	3.0	2.8
95-99	422.91	462.12	2.3	2.1
100+	552.46	589.14	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Polynesia by year

Mortality in Polynesia, 1968

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