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

State of Palestine

1979

Life expectancy: 61.5

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Life expectancy at birth in State of Palestine was 61.5 years in 1979: 63.5 for women and 59.6 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 12,038 people died; 19.6% of them were 65 or older and 45.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

61.5

Women

63.5

Men

59.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

83.4

Deaths

12,038

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.4

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

290

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

221

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	59.26	69.90	63.5	59.6
1-4	5.92	5.87	66.3	62.8
5-9	1.61	1.74	63.8	60.3
10-14	1.27	1.36	59.3	55.8
15-19	1.94	2.52	54.7	51.1
20-24	2.60	4.05	50.2	46.8
25-29	3.00	4.21	45.8	42.7
30-34	3.49	4.48	41.5	38.5
35-39	4.16	5.26	37.1	34.3
40-44	5.15	6.71	32.9	30.2
45-49	6.72	9.11	28.7	26.1
50-54	9.44	13.00	24.6	22.2
55-59	13.47	19.11	20.6	18.5
60-64	20.75	28.56	16.9	15.1
65-69	32.61	42.92	13.4	12.1
70-74	53.34	65.96	10.4	9.3
75-79	86.82	102.50	7.8	7.0
80-84	140.58	158.81	5.7	5.2
85-89	215.00	242.66	4.1	3.7
90-94	312.50	350.60	3.0	2.7
95-99	428.94	475.61	2.3	2.1
100+	560.57	608.50	1.8	1.6

Mortality in State of Palestine by year

Mortality in State of Palestine, 1979

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