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

South-Eastern Asia

1965

Life expectancy: 49.2

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Life expectancy at birth in South-Eastern Asia was 49.2 years in 1965: 52.7 for women and 46.1 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 3,968,006 people died; 15.3% of them were 65 or older and 42.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

49.2

Women

52.7

Men

46.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

168.1

Deaths

3,968,006

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.1

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

472

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

328

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	106.16	128.04	52.7	46.1
1-4	16.93	17.96	57.5	51.2
5-9	4.85	5.32	57.4	50.9
10-14	2.86	3.36	53.7	47.2
15-19	3.61	5.89	49.5	42.9
20-24	4.69	9.90	45.3	39.1
25-29	5.37	10.33	41.3	36.0
30-34	6.22	10.42	37.4	32.8
35-39	7.32	11.63	33.5	29.4
40-44	8.77	13.43	29.7	26.0
45-49	10.51	16.38	25.9	22.6
50-54	13.92	21.36	22.1	19.3
55-59	18.91	28.29	18.5	16.2
60-64	28.35	39.34	15.1	13.3
65-69	43.19	56.06	12.0	10.7
70-74	68.06	82.84	9.3	8.3
75-79	101.12	119.52	7.1	6.4
80-84	156.05	181.55	5.3	4.7
85-89	233.12	269.67	3.9	3.4
90-94	335.48	386.23	2.8	2.5
95-99	481.76	532.99	2.0	1.9
100+	653.30	704.57	1.5	1.4

Mortality in South-Eastern Asia by year

Mortality in South-Eastern Asia, 1965

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