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

Singapore

1971

Life expectancy: 68.8

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-5 -1 1971 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Singapore was 68.8 years in 1971: 72.3 for women and 65.9 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 11,226 people died; 43.4% of them were 65 or older and 10.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 65-69. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

68.8

Women

72.3

Men

65.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.1

Deaths

11,226

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.3

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

227

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

138

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.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	18.18	23.07	72.3	65.9
1-4	1.16	1.29	72.6	66.4
5-9	0.42	0.48	68.9	62.7
10-14	0.31	0.51	64.1	57.9
15-19	0.53	1.17	59.2	53.0
20-24	0.70	1.44	54.3	48.3
25-29	0.90	1.49	49.5	43.6
30-34	1.18	1.46	44.7	38.9
35-39	1.57	2.55	40.0	34.2
40-44	2.69	4.15	35.3	29.6
45-49	4.23	7.22	30.7	25.2
50-54	6.91	12.43	26.3	21.0
55-59	10.96	19.46	22.1	17.2
60-64	17.83	33.36	18.2	13.7
65-69	28.06	52.77	14.7	10.7
70-74	46.52	81.38	11.5	8.2
75-79	72.25	128.67	8.9	6.1
80-84	112.37	194.69	6.7	4.5
85-89	170.59	284.01	4.9	3.3
90-94	250.76	392.78	3.7	2.5
95-99	351.87	513.94	2.7	1.9
100+	476.12	636.98	2.1	1.6

Mortality in Singapore by year

Mortality in Singapore, 1971

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