Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Republic of Korea

1974

Life expectancy: 64.2

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Life expectancy at birth in Republic of Korea was 64.2 years in 1974: 68.6 for women and 60.2 for men, a gap of 8.3 years. 253,200 people died; 32.9% of them were 65 or older and 17.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

64.2

Women

68.6

Men

60.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

48.7

Deaths

253,200

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

329

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

183

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	34.63	41.30	68.6	60.2
1-4	3.00	3.17	69.9	61.7
5-9	1.54	1.93	66.8	58.5
10-14	0.96	1.46	62.3	54.1
15-19	1.57	2.81	57.5	49.4
20-24	2.35	3.69	53.0	45.1
25-29	2.47	3.40	48.6	40.9
30-34	2.39	3.69	44.2	36.5
35-39	2.97	5.23	39.7	32.2
40-44	3.97	7.73	35.2	28.0
45-49	5.60	11.41	30.9	24.0
50-54	7.79	17.07	26.7	20.2
55-59	11.28	24.64	22.6	16.8
60-64	16.00	35.82	18.8	13.6
65-69	24.70	53.38	15.1	10.8
70-74	39.06	77.24	11.8	8.4
75-79	69.73	122.05	8.8	6.2
80-84	112.76	188.87	6.4	4.5
85-89	188.30	301.32	4.5	3.1
90-94	309.37	471.49	3.0	2.1
95-99	470.50	667.12	2.1	1.5
100+	639.75	817.46	1.6	1.2

Mortality in Republic of Korea by year

Mortality in Republic of Korea, 1974

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