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

Republic of Moldova

1972

Life expectancy: 62.9

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Life expectancy at birth in Republic of Moldova was 62.9 years in 1972: 65.9 for women and 59.5 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 39,507 people died; 45.3% of them were 65 or older and 11.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

62.9

Women

65.9

Men

59.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

49.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.5

Deaths

39,507

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.6

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

324

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

205

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	45.45	56.64	65.9	59.5
1-4	3.07	3.48	68.0	61.9
5-9	1.27	1.62	64.8	58.8
10-14	0.99	1.25	60.2	54.2
15-19	1.63	2.61	55.5	49.6
20-24	2.02	3.84	50.9	45.2
25-29	2.33	3.94	46.4	41.0
30-34	2.83	4.45	41.9	36.8
35-39	3.64	5.67	37.5	32.5
40-44	4.77	7.67	33.1	28.4
45-49	6.48	10.90	28.8	24.4
50-54	9.10	15.84	24.7	20.6
55-59	13.07	23.14	20.7	17.1
60-64	20.09	34.94	17.0	13.9
65-69	31.96	51.95	13.5	11.1
70-74	53.55	78.00	10.4	8.6
75-79	87.94	116.55	7.8	6.6
80-84	138.80	171.29	5.7	5.0
85-89	210.33	247.77	4.2	3.7
90-94	301.36	340.46	3.1	2.8
95-99	411.91	451.11	2.4	2.2
100+	537.46	569.90	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Republic of Moldova by year

Mortality in Republic of Moldova, 1972

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