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

Mortality in Vanuatu, 1978

Vanuatu
1978
Life expectancy: 59.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Vanuatu was 59.9 years in 1978: 61.9 for women and 58.5 for men, a gap of 3.4 years. 991 people died; 25.5% of them were 65 or older and 32.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
59.9
Women
61.9
Men
58.5
Life expectancy at 65
11.7
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
56.6
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
73.9
Deaths
991
Deaths per 1,000 people
9.0
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
331
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
264
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.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
055.0763.1561.958.5
1-44.664.5964.461.2
5-91.991.8661.558.3
10-141.561.3957.153.9
15-192.612.7852.649.2
20-243.244.0748.244.9
25-293.674.1544.040.8
30-344.304.6739.736.6
35-395.265.9035.532.4
40-446.517.9331.428.3
45-498.3811.1627.424.3
50-5411.3416.1023.420.5
55-5915.9123.3619.617.0
60-6423.8135.2116.113.8
65-6936.8552.3112.811.0
70-7460.1278.779.88.6
75-7996.04117.777.46.5
80-84148.14173.325.54.9
85-89220.04250.284.13.7
90-94308.74343.363.12.8
95-99422.32459.632.32.1
100+551.97585.791.81.7