Life expectancy at birth in Ukraine was 69.8 years in 1978: 74.2 for women and 64.7 for men, a gap of 9.5 years. 529,094 people died; 63.0% of them were 65 or older and 3.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

69.8

Women

74.2

Men

64.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

24.0

Deaths

529,094

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.7

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

286

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

115

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	15.32	21.09	74.2	64.7
1-4	1.38	1.69	74.3	65.1
5-9	0.45	0.74	70.7	61.5
10-14	0.35	0.57	65.9	56.7
15-19	0.51	1.23	61.0	51.9
20-24	0.61	2.18	56.2	47.2
25-29	0.77	2.83	51.3	42.7
30-34	1.11	3.77	46.5	38.2
35-39	1.62	5.54	41.8	33.9
40-44	2.38	7.20	37.1	29.8
45-49	3.70	10.09	32.5	25.8
50-54	5.50	14.11	28.0	22.0
55-59	8.34	20.37	23.8	18.4
60-64	13.15	30.21	19.7	15.1
65-69	21.11	44.65	15.8	12.2
70-74	36.18	65.87	12.3	9.6
75-79	63.13	98.32	9.2	7.4
80-84	107.34	147.02	6.7	5.5
85-89	175.91	216.00	4.8	4.1
90-94	270.09	311.20	3.4	3.0
95-99	390.70	427.45	2.5	2.3
100+	532.34	556.76	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Ukraine by year

Mortality in Ukraine, 1978

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