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

Solomon Islands

1956

Life expectancy: 42.8

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

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-5 -1 1956 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Solomon Islands was 42.8 years in 1956: 44.5 for women and 41.6 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 2,700 people died; 16.7% of them were 65 or older and 43.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

42.8

Women

44.5

Men

41.6

Life expectancy at 65

10.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

131.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

208.6

Deaths

2,700

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.5

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

527

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

453

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	135.38	152.48	44.5	41.6
1-4	23.32	23.60	49.8	47.3
5-9	7.90	8.10	50.4	47.7
10-14	5.57	5.64	47.4	44.6
15-19	6.68	6.81	43.6	40.8
20-24	8.21	9.20	40.0	37.2
25-29	9.31	10.05	36.6	33.8
30-34	10.69	11.56	33.2	30.4
35-39	11.99	13.77	29.9	27.1
40-44	13.30	16.94	26.6	23.8
45-49	15.05	20.34	23.3	20.7
50-54	19.57	26.54	19.9	17.6
55-59	25.61	34.20	16.7	14.8
60-64	37.46	48.03	13.6	12.1
65-69	52.85	66.63	10.9	9.7
70-74	79.80	95.84	8.5	7.5
75-79	119.29	142.43	6.4	5.7
80-84	179.66	206.37	4.8	4.3
85-89	257.44	295.96	3.6	3.2
90-94	374.31	425.09	2.6	2.3
95-99	480.79	557.60	2.1	1.8
100+	606.98	684.42	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Solomon Islands by year

Mortality in Solomon Islands, 1956

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