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

Western Europe

1976

Life expectancy: 72.6

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Life expectancy at birth in Western Europe was 72.6 years in 1976: 75.9 for women and 69.1 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 1,917,284 people died; 75.7% of them were 65 or older and 1.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

72.6

Women

75.9

Men

69.1

Life expectancy at 65

14.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

17.1

Deaths

1,917,284

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.3

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

189

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	12.62	16.56	75.9	69.1
1-4	0.61	0.75	75.9	69.3
5-9	0.30	0.43	72.1	65.5
10-14	0.24	0.38	67.2	60.6
15-19	0.52	1.29	62.3	55.7
20-24	0.56	1.60	57.4	51.0
25-29	0.60	1.35	52.6	46.4
30-34	0.80	1.63	47.7	41.7
35-39	1.18	2.31	42.9	37.1
40-44	1.91	3.74	38.1	32.5
45-49	3.03	6.08	33.5	28.0
50-54	4.61	9.37	29.0	23.8
55-59	6.86	14.49	24.6	19.8
60-64	10.48	22.93	20.3	16.1
65-69	18.15	37.79	16.3	12.7
70-74	32.65	60.65	12.6	9.9
75-79	59.66	94.34	9.3	7.5
80-84	105.08	143.54	6.7	5.6
85-89	177.74	217.94	4.7	4.1
90-94	275.61	324.55	3.3	2.9
95-99	403.52	445.76	2.4	2.2
100+	552.03	580.45	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Western Europe by year

Mortality in Western Europe, 1976

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