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

Southern Europe

1952

Life expectancy: 62.8

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Europe was 62.8 years in 1952: 64.8 for women and 60.8 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 1,193,931 people died; 48.3% of them were 65 or older and 20.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

62.8

Women

64.8

Men

60.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

80.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

105.5

Deaths

1,193,931

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.8

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

225

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

159

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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	78.09	92.34	64.8	60.8
1-4	6.79	7.13	68.9	65.6
5-9	1.22	1.40	66.8	63.4
10-14	0.87	1.02	62.2	58.8
15-19	1.28	1.56	57.4	54.1
20-24	1.75	2.24	52.8	49.5
25-29	1.96	2.44	48.2	45.1
30-34	2.24	2.72	43.7	40.6
35-39	2.60	3.29	39.1	36.1
40-44	3.33	4.57	34.6	31.7
45-49	4.62	7.06	30.2	27.3
50-54	6.75	10.79	25.8	23.2
55-59	10.13	16.26	21.6	19.4
60-64	16.70	24.49	17.6	15.8
65-69	27.80	37.07	13.9	12.5
70-74	50.88	61.37	10.6	9.5
75-79	84.63	101.03	7.9	7.1
80-84	135.38	159.86	5.8	5.1
85-89	209.46	247.10	4.2	3.7
90-94	302.39	355.35	3.1	2.7
95-99	412.31	474.33	2.4	2.1
100+	519.91	577.93	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Southern Europe by year

Mortality in Southern Europe, 1952

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