Seychelles

2005

Life expectancy: 71.9

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

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-5 -1 2005 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Seychelles was 71.9 years in 2005: 76.0 for women and 68.3 for men, a gap of 7.7 years. 683 people died; 63.0% of them were 65 or older and 2.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

71.9

Women

76.0

Men

68.3

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

11.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

13.8

Deaths

683

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

235

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

109

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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	10.45	12.51	76.0	68.3
1-4	0.61	0.62	75.8	68.2
5-9	0.27	0.32	72.0	64.3
10-14	0.36	0.31	67.1	59.4
15-19	0.31	0.77	62.2	54.5
20-24	0.73	1.47	57.3	49.7
25-29	0.61	1.90	52.5	45.1
30-34	0.99	2.22	47.6	40.5
35-39	1.49	3.74	42.9	35.9
40-44	2.72	5.38	38.2	31.5
45-49	3.60	7.86	33.6	27.3
50-54	5.14	11.88	29.2	23.3
55-59	7.55	18.15	24.9	19.6
60-64	11.64	26.34	20.8	16.2
65-69	18.28	38.44	16.8	13.1
70-74	30.78	57.39	13.2	10.3
75-79	53.66	86.53	10.0	8.0
80-84	93.29	131.56	7.3	6.0
85-89	157.65	196.46	5.1	4.4
90-94	250.77	291.01	3.6	3.2
95-99	373.78	408.37	2.6	2.4
100+	522.17	542.59	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Seychelles by year

Mortality in Seychelles, 2005

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