South-Eastern Asia Mortality 1959: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

South-Eastern Asia

1959

Life expectancy: 49.8

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Life expectancy at birth in South-Eastern Asia was 49.8 years in 1959: 51.6 for women and 48.1 for men, a gap of 3.6 years. 3,362,794 people died; 13.9% of them were 65 or older and 48.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1959

Life expectancy at birth

49.8

Women

51.6

Men

48.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

118.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

183.5

Deaths

3,362,794

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.1

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

393

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

332

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1959's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1959

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	116.80	140.92	51.6	48.1
1-4	18.64	20.06	56.9	54.1
5-9	4.75	4.99	57.1	54.4
10-14	3.12	3.15	53.4	50.8
15-19	4.13	4.44	49.2	46.5
20-24	5.20	6.47	45.2	42.5
25-29	5.90	6.74	41.3	38.8
30-34	6.79	7.38	37.5	35.1
35-39	7.69	8.65	33.7	31.3
40-44	8.85	10.66	29.9	27.6
45-49	10.21	13.35	26.1	23.9
50-54	13.57	17.91	22.4	20.4
55-59	18.26	23.96	18.8	17.1
60-64	27.63	34.78	15.3	13.9
65-69	41.50	50.59	12.2	11.1
70-74	65.96	77.27	9.5	8.6
75-79	100.99	116.45	7.2	6.5
80-84	154.26	176.06	5.4	4.8
85-89	225.57	258.05	4.0	3.6
90-94	317.72	360.50	3.0	2.7
95-99	438.67	490.89	2.2	2.0
100+	581.40	626.76	1.7	1.6

Mortality in South-Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in South-Eastern Asia, 1959

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