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

State of Palestine

1972

Life expectancy: 56.7

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Life expectancy at birth in State of Palestine was 56.7 years in 1972: 58.8 for women and 54.7 for men, a gap of 4.1 years. 13,487 people died; 18.3% of them were 65 or older and 48.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

56.7

Women

58.8

Men

54.7

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

118.3

Deaths

13,487

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.6

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

348

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

270

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	80.92	96.94	58.8	54.7
1-4	9.55	9.74	62.7	59.1
5-9	2.41	2.54	61.0	57.4
10-14	1.89	1.92	56.7	53.1
15-19	2.78	3.34	52.3	48.6
20-24	3.66	5.30	48.0	44.4
25-29	4.19	5.60	43.8	40.5
30-34	4.81	6.06	39.7	36.6
35-39	5.58	7.05	35.6	32.6
40-44	6.61	8.78	31.5	28.7
45-49	8.21	11.37	27.5	24.8
50-54	11.29	15.68	23.5	21.2
55-59	15.71	22.09	19.7	17.7
60-64	23.92	32.35	16.1	14.4
65-69	36.49	47.52	12.9	11.5
70-74	58.49	71.71	9.9	8.9
75-79	93.31	110.08	7.5	6.7
80-84	147.94	167.61	5.5	5.0
85-89	222.30	252.26	4.0	3.6
90-94	318.24	359.20	3.0	2.7
95-99	431.64	481.90	2.3	2.0
100+	559.32	610.80	1.8	1.6

Mortality in State of Palestine by year

Mortality in State of Palestine, 1972

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