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

Samoa

1974

Life expectancy: 62.3

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-5 -1 1974 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Samoa was 62.3 years in 1974: 65.2 for women and 59.9 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 1,149 people died; 30.0% of them were 65 or older and 28.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

62.3

Women

65.2

Men

59.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.0

Deaths

1,149

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.7

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

322

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

223

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	43.51	52.23	65.2	59.9
1-4	3.26	3.48	67.0	62.1
5-9	1.40	1.54	63.9	58.9
10-14	1.12	1.20	59.3	54.4
15-19	1.90	2.55	54.6	49.7
20-24	2.36	3.76	50.1	45.3
25-29	2.70	3.86	45.7	41.1
30-34	3.24	4.38	41.3	36.8
35-39	4.10	5.59	36.9	32.6
40-44	5.27	7.59	32.6	28.4
45-49	7.07	10.83	28.4	24.4
50-54	9.79	15.78	24.4	20.7
55-59	13.96	23.09	20.4	17.1
60-64	21.12	34.86	16.7	13.9
65-69	33.21	51.83	13.3	11.1
70-74	54.95	77.70	10.3	8.6
75-79	89.46	115.99	7.7	6.6
80-84	140.39	170.43	5.7	5.0
85-89	211.84	246.36	4.2	3.7
90-94	302.25	339.34	3.1	2.8
95-99	417.31	454.64	2.3	2.2
100+	548.91	581.43	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Samoa by year

Mortality in Samoa, 1974

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