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

Republic of Korea

1983

Life expectancy: 66.7

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Life expectancy at birth in Republic of Korea was 66.7 years in 1983: 71.5 for women and 62.3 for men, a gap of 9.2 years. 267,484 people died; 40.8% of them were 65 or older and 8.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

66.7

Women

71.5

Men

62.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

29.0

Deaths

267,484

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

313

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

150

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	20.71	25.31	71.5	62.3
1-4	1.58	1.69	72.0	62.9
5-9	1.05	1.31	68.5	59.3
10-14	0.72	1.07	63.8	54.7
15-19	1.01	1.93	59.0	50.0
20-24	1.30	2.54	54.3	45.4
25-29	1.53	2.82	49.7	41.0
30-34	2.25	3.92	45.0	36.5
35-39	2.48	4.86	40.5	32.2
40-44	3.04	7.50	36.0	27.9
45-49	4.33	10.82	31.5	23.9
50-54	6.48	16.22	27.1	20.1
55-59	10.09	24.40	22.9	16.5
60-64	15.06	35.21	19.0	13.4
65-69	24.03	53.34	15.2	10.5
70-74	39.85	83.26	11.9	7.9
75-79	71.04	136.41	8.9	5.7
80-84	109.13	216.11	6.7	4.1
85-89	171.35	327.41	4.8	2.9
90-94	278.93	487.26	3.3	2.0
95-99	426.59	677.67	2.3	1.5
100+	590.39	819.20	1.7	1.2

Mortality in Republic of Korea by year

Mortality in Republic of Korea, 1983

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