Life expectancy at birth in Polynesia was 69.4 years in 1988: 72.2 for women and 67.0 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 2,952 people died; 42.0% of them were 65 or older and 15.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1988

Life expectancy at birth

69.4

Women

72.2

Men

67.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

26.2

Deaths

2,952

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

220

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

143

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1988's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1988

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	19.94	24.07	72.2	67.0
1-4	1.11	1.20	72.6	67.6
5-9	0.54	0.62	69.0	64.0
10-14	0.48	0.57	64.1	59.2
15-19	0.90	1.42	59.3	54.3
20-24	1.12	2.08	54.5	49.7
25-29	1.28	2.10	49.8	45.2
30-34	1.54	2.34	45.1	40.6
35-39	2.10	2.99	40.5	36.1
40-44	2.91	4.30	35.9	31.6
45-49	4.42	6.67	31.3	27.2
50-54	6.52	10.53	27.0	23.0
55-59	9.96	17.14	22.8	19.1
60-64	15.24	26.85	18.8	15.6
65-69	24.60	41.37	15.1	12.5
70-74	40.73	61.88	11.8	9.8
75-79	68.92	94.95	8.8	7.5
80-84	115.28	146.04	6.4	5.5
85-89	183.01	217.86	4.7	4.1
90-94	275.18	315.16	3.4	3.0
95-99	395.00	448.73	2.5	2.2
100+	538.42	604.19	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Polynesia by year

Mortality in Polynesia, 1988

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