Life expectancy at birth in Polynesia was 66.9 years in 1982: 69.5 for women and 64.7 for men, a gap of 4.8 years. 3,038 people died; 36.0% of them were 65 or older and 20.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

66.9

Women

69.5

Men

64.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

36.9

Deaths

3,038

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

252

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

174

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	27.64	33.29	69.5	64.7
1-4	1.78	1.90	70.4	65.9
5-9	0.79	0.90	66.9	62.4
10-14	0.68	0.77	62.2	57.6
15-19	1.22	1.71	57.4	52.8
20-24	1.53	2.55	52.7	48.3
25-29	1.78	2.52	48.1	43.9
30-34	2.14	2.88	43.5	39.4
35-39	2.77	3.71	38.9	34.9
40-44	3.77	5.29	34.4	30.5
45-49	5.44	7.98	30.1	26.3
50-54	7.80	12.32	25.8	22.2
55-59	11.80	19.11	21.7	18.5
60-64	17.86	29.53	17.9	15.1
65-69	28.25	44.00	14.3	12.1
70-74	46.37	66.67	11.1	9.4
75-79	77.20	101.96	8.3	7.2
80-84	125.38	153.22	6.1	5.4
85-89	194.85	228.04	4.4	3.9
90-94	288.52	323.51	3.2	2.9
95-99	409.85	440.82	2.4	2.2
100+	549.57	574.32	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Polynesia by year

Mortality in Polynesia, 1982

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