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

Republic of Moldova

1978

Life expectancy: 64.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Republic of Moldova was 64.5 years in 1978: 67.5 for women and 61.1 for men, a gap of 6.3 years. 42,718 people died; 50.0% of them were 65 or older and 10.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

64.5

Women

67.5

Men

61.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

52.3

Deaths

42,718

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.8

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

303

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

189

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	38.77	48.53	67.5	61.1
1-4	2.47	2.80	69.1	63.1
5-9	1.05	1.35	65.8	59.8
10-14	0.84	1.07	61.1	55.2
15-19	1.41	2.32	56.3	50.5
20-24	1.74	3.41	51.7	46.1
25-29	2.02	3.48	47.2	41.8
30-34	2.47	3.95	42.6	37.5
35-39	3.23	5.07	38.1	33.2
40-44	4.31	6.95	33.7	29.0
45-49	5.98	10.05	29.4	24.9
50-54	8.48	14.82	25.2	21.1
55-59	12.27	21.94	21.2	17.5
60-64	18.89	33.34	17.3	14.2
65-69	30.23	49.88	13.8	11.3
70-74	50.86	75.06	10.6	8.8
75-79	84.27	112.60	8.0	6.7
80-84	134.22	166.04	5.9	5.1
85-89	205.39	241.62	4.3	3.8
90-94	296.85	333.85	3.2	2.9
95-99	408.41	444.29	2.4	2.2
100+	535.82	563.86	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Republic of Moldova by year

Mortality in Republic of Moldova, 1978

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