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

Singapore

1966

Life expectancy: 67.2

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

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-5 -1 1966 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Singapore was 67.2 years in 1966: 71.1 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 10,616 people died; 37.6% of them were 65 or older and 17.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

67.2

Women

71.1

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

33.1

Deaths

10,616

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.5

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

239

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

147

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	24.11	30.21	71.1	64.1
1-4	1.60	1.78	71.8	65.1
5-9	0.54	0.66	68.3	61.5
10-14	0.49	0.61	63.5	56.7
15-19	0.50	0.89	58.6	51.9
20-24	0.92	1.69	53.8	47.1
25-29	0.98	1.44	49.0	42.5
30-34	1.33	1.94	44.2	37.8
35-39	1.85	2.91	39.5	33.1
40-44	2.87	4.17	34.9	28.6
45-49	4.41	7.33	30.3	24.1
50-54	7.10	12.29	25.9	19.9
55-59	11.73	21.93	21.8	16.0
60-64	17.33	36.06	17.9	12.6
65-69	29.65	56.29	14.3	9.6
70-74	49.17	107.74	11.2	6.8
75-79	75.57	163.92	8.6	5.0
80-84	117.72	253.82	6.5	3.6
85-89	178.64	369.66	4.8	2.6
90-94	262.00	501.66	3.5	2.0
95-99	365.49	633.58	2.6	1.6
100+	490.73	751.09	2.0	1.3

Mortality in Singapore by year

Mortality in Singapore, 1966

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