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Mortality in Samoa, 1971

Samoa
1971
Life expectancy: 60.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Samoa was 60.9 years in 1971: 63.6 for women and 58.5 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 1,209 people died; 27.2% of them were 65 or older and 32.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
60.9
Women
63.6
Men
58.5
Life expectancy at 65
12.0
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
52.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
68.3
Deaths
1,209
Deaths per 1,000 people
8.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
338
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
240
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971'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
050.0659.7163.658.5
1-44.034.2365.861.1
5-91.671.8062.858.1
10-141.311.3658.453.6
15-192.192.8053.748.9
20-242.714.1549.344.6
25-293.104.2644.940.5
30-343.674.8240.636.3
35-394.586.1036.332.1
40-445.798.2032.128.0
45-497.6211.5227.924.1
50-5410.4516.5723.920.4
55-5914.8023.9720.116.9
60-6422.3435.9816.413.7
65-6934.9353.2113.010.9
70-7457.5179.6610.08.5
75-7992.88118.577.56.5
80-84144.46173.835.64.9
85-89216.47250.134.13.7
90-94305.68342.893.12.8
95-99420.26458.742.32.1
100+550.81585.101.81.7