Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 66.4 years in 1974: 70.4 for women and 62.8 for men, a gap of 7.6 years. 235,513 people died; 48.0% of them were 65 or older and 14.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

66.4

Women

70.4

Men

62.8

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

54.6

Deaths

235,513

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

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

264

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

140

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	41.72	54.00	70.4	62.8
1-4	2.04	2.43	72.3	65.2
5-9	0.55	0.71	68.9	61.9
10-14	0.49	0.75	64.1	57.1
15-19	0.87	1.46	59.2	52.3
20-24	1.15	2.13	54.5	47.6
25-29	1.40	2.50	49.8	43.1
30-34	1.75	3.09	45.1	38.6
35-39	2.37	4.17	40.5	34.2
40-44	3.13	5.99	35.9	29.8
45-49	4.34	8.99	31.5	25.7
50-54	6.15	13.35	27.1	21.7
55-59	9.04	19.57	22.9	18.1
60-64	14.92	30.87	18.8	14.6
65-69	23.38	46.23	15.1	11.7
70-74	38.37	69.58	11.6	9.0
75-79	67.50	107.26	8.5	6.8
80-84	127.41	170.71	5.9	5.0
85-89	211.39	248.45	4.1	3.7
90-94	320.08	355.12	3.0	2.7
95-99	457.11	482.66	2.1	2.0
100+	603.79	616.68	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 1974

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