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

Solomon Islands

1997

Life expectancy: 66.8

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

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-5 -1 1997 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Solomon Islands was 66.8 years in 1997: 69.5 for women and 64.6 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 2,496 people died; 39.1% of them were 65 or older and 19.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

66.8

Women

69.5

Men

64.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.4

Deaths

2,496

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

256

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

172

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	23.99	29.08	69.5	64.6
1-4	1.61	1.70	70.2	65.5
5-9	0.92	1.46	66.6	61.9
10-14	0.70	1.25	61.9	57.3
15-19	1.17	2.01	57.2	52.7
20-24	1.62	2.86	52.5	48.2
25-29	1.91	2.98	47.9	43.8
30-34	2.27	3.35	43.3	39.5
35-39	2.83	4.21	38.8	35.1
40-44	3.72	5.70	34.3	30.8
45-49	5.25	8.10	29.9	26.6
50-54	7.63	11.97	25.6	22.6
55-59	11.28	17.99	21.5	18.8
60-64	17.70	27.31	17.6	15.3
65-69	28.85	41.47	14.0	12.2
70-74	48.40	64.24	10.8	9.5
75-79	80.72	100.56	8.0	7.1
80-84	134.17	156.46	5.8	5.2
85-89	209.07	240.05	4.2	3.7
90-94	327.51	367.49	2.9	2.6
95-99	460.18	506.26	2.1	2.0
100+	611.51	654.28	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Solomon Islands by year

Mortality in Solomon Islands, 1997

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