Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 68.0 years in 1978: 71.7 for women and 64.5 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 240,282 people died; 51.5% of them were 65 or older and 13.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

68.0

Women

71.7

Men

64.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

39.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

46.2

Deaths

240,282

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.9

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

246

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

133

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	35.92	44.90	71.7	64.5
1-4	1.71	1.94	73.3	66.5
5-9	0.49	0.63	69.8	63.0
10-14	0.47	0.69	65.0	58.1
15-19	0.83	1.28	60.1	53.3
20-24	1.01	1.75	55.3	48.7
25-29	1.34	2.15	50.6	44.1
30-34	1.63	2.56	45.9	39.5
35-39	2.20	3.69	41.3	35.0
40-44	3.05	5.66	36.7	30.6
45-49	4.23	8.69	32.2	26.4
50-54	5.85	12.21	27.9	22.5
55-59	8.49	18.34	23.6	18.7
60-64	12.16	26.68	19.5	15.3
65-69	20.13	41.12	15.6	12.1
70-74	35.04	65.24	12.0	9.2
75-79	62.84	103.83	8.8	6.9
80-84	123.57	172.62	6.1	4.9
85-89	204.17	249.22	4.3	3.7
90-94	308.40	353.90	3.0	2.7
95-99	441.30	479.96	2.2	2.1
100+	587.27	613.80	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 1978

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