Western Europe Mortality 1955: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Western Europe

1955

Life expectancy: 68.7

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Europe was 68.7 years in 1955: 71.3 for women and 66.0 for men, a gap of 5.3 years. 1,624,397 people died; 62.7% of them were 65 or older and 7.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1955

Life expectancy at birth

68.7

Women

71.3

Men

66.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

39.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

45.6

Deaths

1,624,397

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.1

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

208

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

125

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1955

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	35.08	45.28	71.3	66.0
1-4	1.56	1.89	72.8	68.0
5-9	0.44	0.64	69.3	64.5
10-14	0.33	0.54	64.4	59.7
15-19	0.52	1.11	59.5	54.9
20-24	0.75	1.72	54.7	50.2
25-29	0.99	1.79	49.9	45.6
30-34	1.30	2.00	45.1	41.0
35-39	1.83	2.57	40.4	36.3
40-44	2.61	3.87	35.7	31.8
45-49	3.90	6.29	31.2	27.4
50-54	5.83	10.44	26.7	23.1
55-59	8.87	16.87	22.4	19.2
60-64	14.39	25.33	18.3	15.7
65-69	24.77	38.74	14.5	12.5
70-74	43.96	61.24	11.1	9.6
75-79	77.87	98.06	8.2	7.2
80-84	131.59	156.26	5.9	5.2
85-89	210.35	245.98	4.2	3.7
90-94	310.69	359.00	3.0	2.7
95-99	435.09	486.36	2.2	2.0
100+	573.26	619.85	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Western Europe by year

Mortality in Western Europe, 1955

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