Life expectancy at birth in TFYR Macedonia was 65.2 years in 1971: 66.2 for women and 64.1 for men, a gap of 2.1 years. 13,778 people died; 44.1% of them were 65 or older and 29.2% 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

65.2

Women

66.2

Men

64.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

96.3

Deaths

13,778

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.1

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

171

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

124

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	87.89	89.08	66.2	64.1
1-4	3.89	3.28	71.2	69.0
5-9	0.60	0.77	68.3	65.8
10-14	0.44	0.52	63.5	61.1
15-19	0.57	0.80	58.6	56.2
20-24	0.76	1.19	53.8	51.5
25-29	0.90	1.46	49.0	46.8
30-34	1.29	1.46	44.2	42.1
35-39	1.69	2.51	39.4	37.4
40-44	2.09	2.73	34.7	32.8
45-49	3.52	5.32	30.1	28.2
50-54	5.84	8.14	25.6	23.9
55-59	9.81	13.73	21.2	19.8
60-64	16.85	22.38	17.2	16.0
65-69	29.06	36.50	13.5	12.6
70-74	53.46	60.41	10.2	9.6
75-79	92.49	99.35	7.5	7.1
80-84	148.24	157.36	5.5	5.2
85-89	221.45	245.09	4.1	3.7
90-94	305.62	345.42	3.1	2.8
95-99	407.82	462.12	2.4	2.1
100+	523.20	587.44	1.9	1.7

Mortality in TFYR Macedonia by year

Mortality in TFYR Macedonia, 1971

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