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

Suriname

1971

Life expectancy: 59.6

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Life expectancy at birth in Suriname was 59.6 years in 1971: 62.6 for women and 57.1 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 4,032 people died; 40.6% of them were 65 or older and 24.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

59.6

Women

62.6

Men

57.1

Life expectancy at 65

10.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

72.7

Deaths

4,032

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.3

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

377

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

262

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	57.04	69.93	62.6	57.1
1-4	3.05	3.42	65.2	60.1
5-9	0.82	0.82	62.0	56.9
10-14	0.87	0.99	57.2	52.2
15-19	1.66	1.96	52.5	47.4
20-24	1.99	2.92	47.9	42.8
25-29	2.65	3.86	43.4	38.4
30-34	3.20	4.82	38.9	34.1
35-39	4.12	5.83	34.5	29.9
40-44	5.44	9.05	30.1	25.7
45-49	8.59	13.51	25.9	21.8
50-54	13.69	22.11	21.9	18.1
55-59	19.42	30.39	18.3	14.9
60-64	32.35	46.78	14.9	12.0
65-69	43.31	67.05	12.1	9.5
70-74	65.54	99.85	9.4	7.3
75-79	103.27	148.92	7.1	5.4
80-84	159.64	227.70	5.2	4.0
85-89	230.17	317.03	3.9	3.0
90-94	318.95	420.61	3.0	2.3
95-99	422.91	532.35	2.3	1.9
100+	539.64	644.21	1.9	1.6

Mortality in Suriname by year

Mortality in Suriname, 1971

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