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

Samoa

1958

Life expectancy: 54.0

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1958 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Samoa was 54.0 years in 1958: 56.4 for women and 51.9 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 1,443 people died; 20.5% of them were 65 or older and 43.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

54.0

Women

56.4

Men

51.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

84.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

116.7

Deaths

1,443

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.5

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

421

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

319

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	82.70	96.85	56.4	51.9
1-4	8.97	8.90	60.1	56.0
5-9	3.32	3.36	58.2	54.0
10-14	2.41	2.28	54.2	49.9
15-19	3.75	4.14	49.8	45.4
20-24	4.66	6.35	45.7	41.3
25-29	5.24	6.64	41.7	37.6
30-34	5.98	7.43	37.8	33.7
35-39	7.02	9.09	33.8	29.9
40-44	8.31	11.61	29.9	26.2
45-49	10.08	15.19	26.1	22.6
50-54	13.32	20.54	22.3	19.2
55-59	18.30	27.98	18.7	16.0
60-64	27.39	40.74	15.2	13.0
65-69	41.67	58.59	12.1	10.4
70-74	67.16	86.88	9.3	8.1
75-79	104.73	127.35	7.0	6.2
80-84	158.48	185.15	5.3	4.7
85-89	230.53	261.07	3.9	3.6
90-94	318.10	351.84	3.0	2.7
95-99	430.76	469.17	2.3	2.1
100+	557.41	594.50	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Samoa by year

Mortality in Samoa, 1958

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