Life expectancy at birth in United Kingdom was 70.8 years in 1963: 73.7 for women and 67.7 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 650,069 people died; 68.7% of them were 65 or older and 3.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

70.8

Women

73.7

Men

67.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

25.5

Deaths

650,069

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

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

190

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

111

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	19.45	25.14	73.7	67.7
1-4	0.82	1.00	74.2	68.4
5-9	0.31	0.50	70.4	64.7
10-14	0.24	0.40	65.5	59.8
15-19	0.35	0.91	60.6	55.0
20-24	0.44	1.11	55.7	50.2
25-29	0.62	1.03	50.8	45.5
30-34	0.91	1.24	46.0	40.7
35-39	1.42	1.89	41.2	35.9
40-44	2.23	3.19	36.4	31.2
45-49	3.67	5.51	31.8	26.7
50-54	5.47	9.67	27.3	22.4
55-59	8.48	17.40	23.0	18.3
60-64	14.09	29.43	18.9	14.8
65-69	23.66	45.94	15.1	11.7
70-74	40.91	70.32	11.7	9.1
75-79	69.66	107.37	8.7	6.9
80-84	117.67	162.86	6.3	5.1
85-89	189.56	249.74	4.5	3.7
90-94	282.65	350.22	3.3	2.7
95-99	405.73	478.50	2.4	2.1
100+	544.63	608.75	1.8	1.6

Mortality in United Kingdom by year

Mortality in United Kingdom, 1963

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