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

State of Palestine

1997

Life expectancy: 70.3

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

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-5 -1 1997 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in State of Palestine was 70.3 years in 1997: 71.8 for women and 68.9 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 11,587 people died; 30.4% of them were 65 or older and 32.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1997

Life expectancy at birth

70.3

Women

71.8

Men

68.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

27.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

33.4

Deaths

11,587

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.1

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

170

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

132

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1997's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1997

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	26.14	30.62	71.8	68.9
1-4	1.45	1.46	72.6	70.0
5-9	0.53	0.66	69.1	66.4
10-14	0.43	0.55	64.2	61.6
15-19	0.70	1.02	59.4	56.8
20-24	0.98	1.42	54.6	52.0
25-29	1.20	1.42	49.8	47.4
30-34	1.46	1.61	45.1	42.7
35-39	1.93	2.08	40.4	38.0
40-44	2.69	3.09	35.8	33.4
45-49	4.06	5.03	31.2	28.9
50-54	6.09	8.15	26.8	24.6
55-59	9.27	13.37	22.6	20.5
60-64	14.80	21.22	18.5	16.7
65-69	24.94	33.79	14.7	13.3
70-74	42.88	54.34	11.3	10.3
75-79	73.20	87.35	8.4	7.7
80-84	124.89	140.97	6.1	5.6
85-89	198.74	223.35	4.4	4.0
90-94	300.58	332.76	3.1	2.9
95-99	424.03	462.70	2.3	2.1
100+	564.30	604.63	1.8	1.7

Mortality in State of Palestine by year

Mortality in State of Palestine, 1997

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