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

Mortality in Réunion, 1956

Réunion
1956
Life expectancy: 54.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Réunion was 54.9 years in 1956: 57.6 for women and 51.7 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 4,272 people died; 19.4% of them were 65 or older and 49.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
54.9
Women
57.6
Men
51.7
Life expectancy at 65
12.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
101.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
153.4
Deaths
4,272
Deaths per 1,000 people
13.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
399
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
259
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0103.68113.9357.651.7
1-416.3513.9462.756.8
5-91.561.4062.856.0
10-141.221.1558.351.3
15-191.382.4153.646.6
20-242.983.5649.042.2
25-293.193.8744.737.9
30-345.275.5340.433.6
35-395.777.4536.429.4
40-447.5210.0632.425.4
45-497.7715.1728.521.6
50-5411.5920.6724.518.1
55-5914.4232.8120.814.8
60-6420.7248.1417.212.0
65-6935.0569.4313.89.6
70-7456.06100.5910.97.6
75-7977.11133.558.76.0
80-84108.65187.236.74.6
85-89175.56284.014.83.2
90-94271.52427.673.42.3
95-99406.66619.942.41.6
100+557.66774.051.81.3