Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 65.6 years in 1971: 69.4 for women and 62.2 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 226,856 people died; 47.0% of them were 65 or older and 15.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

65.6

Women

69.4

Men

62.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

50.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

60.5

Deaths

226,856

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

262

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

144

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	45.92	59.89	69.4	62.2
1-4	2.31	2.77	71.6	65.0
5-9	0.61	0.78	68.3	61.7
10-14	0.52	0.75	63.5	56.9
15-19	0.95	1.41	58.6	52.1
20-24	1.20	1.95	53.9	47.5
25-29	1.42	2.33	49.2	42.9
30-34	1.89	2.97	44.6	38.4
35-39	2.38	4.04	39.9	33.9
40-44	3.11	5.99	35.4	29.6
45-49	4.43	8.86	30.9	25.4
50-54	6.32	13.48	26.5	21.4
55-59	9.27	19.61	22.3	17.7
60-64	15.86	31.54	18.2	14.3
65-69	25.49	48.60	14.5	11.3
70-74	42.99	75.06	11.2	8.7
75-79	72.74	114.60	8.2	6.6
80-84	132.70	176.66	5.7	4.8
85-89	222.02	258.35	4.0	3.5
90-94	337.55	370.42	2.8	2.6
95-99	481.01	502.27	2.0	2.0
100+	630.16	636.42	1.6	1.6

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 1971

Year

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