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

Suriname

1968

Life expectancy: 59.3

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-5 -1 1968 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Suriname was 59.3 years in 1968: 62.3 for women and 56.8 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 3,911 people died; 40.5% of them were 65 or older and 26.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1968

Life expectancy at birth

59.3

Women

62.3

Men

56.8

Life expectancy at 65

10.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

63.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

76.6

Deaths

3,911

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.0

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

379

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

264

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1968's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1968

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	60.03	73.39	62.3	56.8
1-4	3.28	3.68	65.1	60.0
5-9	0.86	0.83	61.9	56.9
10-14	0.91	1.01	57.2	52.1
15-19	1.68	1.98	52.4	47.4
20-24	1.98	2.91	47.8	42.8
25-29	2.69	3.89	43.3	38.4
30-34	3.25	4.85	38.8	34.1
35-39	4.18	5.86	34.4	29.9
40-44	5.50	9.10	30.1	25.7
45-49	8.65	13.56	25.9	21.8
50-54	13.82	22.21	21.9	18.1
55-59	19.56	30.51	18.3	14.9
60-64	31.50	46.14	14.9	12.0
65-69	43.27	67.35	12.0	9.4
70-74	66.44	100.50	9.3	7.2
75-79	104.91	150.04	7.0	5.4
80-84	162.27	229.47	5.2	3.9
85-89	234.10	319.59	3.9	3.0
90-94	324.50	424.08	2.9	2.3
95-99	430.16	536.22	2.3	1.9
100+	547.86	648.09	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Suriname by year

Mortality in Suriname, 1968

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