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

Viet Nam

1973

Life expectancy: 55.7

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Viet Nam

Life expectancy at birth in Viet Nam was 55.7 years in 1973: 61.7 for women and 50.3 for men, a gap of 11.4 years. 576,615 people died; 28.2% of them were 65 or older and 28.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

55.7

Women

61.7

Men

50.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

62.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

103.2

Deaths

576,615

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.0

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

451

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

231

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	56.08	74.14	61.7	50.3
1-4	10.32	12.07	64.2	53.1
5-9	3.57	5.52	62.8	51.6
10-14	1.95	3.34	58.9	48.0
15-19	2.27	6.39	54.5	43.7
20-24	2.92	10.96	50.1	40.1
25-29	3.44	11.36	45.8	37.2
30-34	3.77	10.86	41.5	34.2
35-39	4.36	11.36	37.2	31.0
40-44	5.79	12.47	33.0	27.7
45-49	7.16	14.46	28.9	24.3
50-54	9.73	18.40	24.9	20.9
55-59	13.01	23.51	21.0	17.7
60-64	20.12	32.70	17.2	14.6
65-69	32.45	47.28	13.8	11.7
70-74	51.91	70.11	10.7	9.2
75-79	77.46	101.52	8.2	7.0
80-84	129.52	160.98	5.9	5.0
85-89	208.35	256.60	4.2	3.5
90-94	324.18	410.98	2.9	2.4
95-99	509.99	603.93	1.9	1.6
100+	735.84	847.03	1.4	1.2

Mortality in Viet Nam by year

Mortality in Viet Nam, 1973

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