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Mortality in Somalia, 1969

Somalia
1969
Life expectancy: 45.5
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-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Somalia was 45.5 years in 1969: 46.9 for women and 44.0 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 70,858 people died; 13.3% of them were 65 or older and 49.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
45.5
Women
46.9
Men
44.0
Life expectancy at 65
11.5
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
130.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
220.0
Deaths
70,858
Deaths per 1,000 people
19.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
422
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
365
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0130.82153.6447.044.0
1-427.0528.0752.350.1
5-98.919.0754.151.8
10-144.754.6651.449.1
15-195.145.4947.645.2
20-245.997.7943.841.3
25-297.018.2440.037.9
30-348.088.8036.434.4
35-399.239.9332.830.8
40-4410.3612.0129.227.3
45-4911.3914.4425.623.8
50-5414.3018.4922.020.4
55-5919.3724.1618.417.1
60-6428.5234.1715.014.0
65-6943.7149.9711.911.1
70-7468.3577.129.28.5
75-79104.35117.687.06.4
80-84160.35180.015.24.7
85-89233.90269.573.93.4
90-94326.42380.372.92.5
95-99433.92505.682.32.0
100+554.29633.551.81.6