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

Southern Europe

1983

Life expectancy: 73.8

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

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-5 -1 1983 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Southern Europe was 73.8 years in 1983: 77.0 for women and 70.6 for men, a gap of 6.4 years. 1,287,094 people died; 71.9% of them were 65 or older and 3.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

73.8

Women

77.0

Men

70.6

Life expectancy at 65

15.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

22.8

Deaths

1,287,094

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

162

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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	17.72	21.35	77.1	70.6
1-4	0.82	0.95	77.4	71.1
5-9	0.25	0.36	73.7	67.4
10-14	0.22	0.38	68.8	62.5
15-19	0.36	0.89	63.8	57.6
20-24	0.40	1.20	58.9	52.9
25-29	0.48	1.25	54.1	48.2
30-34	0.64	1.36	49.2	43.4
35-39	0.93	1.80	44.3	38.7
40-44	1.44	2.88	39.5	34.0
45-49	2.32	4.83	34.8	29.5
50-54	3.70	8.15	30.2	25.2
55-59	5.71	12.95	25.7	21.1
60-64	9.25	20.08	21.3	17.3
65-69	15.29	30.65	17.2	13.9
70-74	28.21	49.86	13.4	10.8
75-79	52.13	82.13	10.0	8.1
80-84	93.37	129.94	7.2	6.0
85-89	158.69	200.83	5.1	4.3
90-94	251.38	298.33	3.6	3.1
95-99	368.96	418.00	2.6	2.3
100+	502.69	553.01	2.0	1.8

Mortality in Southern Europe by year

Mortality in Southern Europe, 1983

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