Mortality in Samoa, 1950

Samoa
1950
Life expectancy: 49.2
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
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Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Samoa was 49.2 years in 1950: 51.5 for women and 47.3 for men, a gap of 4.2 years. 1,452 people died; 14.2% of them were 65 or older and 48.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
49.2
Women
51.5
Men
47.3
Life expectancy at 65
10.8
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
107.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
155.5
Deaths
1,452
Deaths per 1,000 people
16.4
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
475
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
368
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950'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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Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0107.41125.1751.547.3
1-414.0213.6056.252.4
5-94.824.7755.351.2
10-143.353.0451.647.4
15-194.995.1747.443.1
20-246.218.1743.639.1
25-296.928.6639.935.7
30-347.749.6436.232.1
35-398.7811.5432.528.6
40-4410.0114.2528.925.2
45-4911.5917.8125.221.8
50-5415.0023.1321.618.6
55-5920.2730.2518.015.6
60-6430.2243.1414.712.7
65-6945.1960.9111.710.2
70-7471.8689.779.08.0
75-79109.86130.406.86.1
80-84164.17189.035.14.6
85-89235.55263.443.93.5
90-94321.99352.313.02.7
95-99433.70469.622.32.1
100+558.66594.741.81.7