Life expectancy at birth in Argentina was 68.4 years in 1979: 72.0 for women and 65.1 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 242,587 people died; 53.4% of them were 65 or older and 12.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

68.4

Women

72.0

Men

65.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

43.9

Deaths

242,587

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

236

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

127

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	34.32	42.67	72.0	65.1
1-4	1.60	1.79	73.5	66.9
5-9	0.47	0.60	69.9	63.3
10-14	0.42	0.60	65.1	58.5
15-19	0.74	1.16	60.2	53.7
20-24	0.91	1.51	55.5	49.0
25-29	1.19	1.85	50.7	44.3
30-34	1.51	2.35	46.0	39.7
35-39	2.04	3.42	41.3	35.2
40-44	2.97	5.25	36.7	30.7
45-49	4.10	8.15	32.2	26.5
50-54	5.56	11.96	27.8	22.5
55-59	8.16	18.04	23.5	18.7
60-64	12.54	27.03	19.4	15.2
65-69	20.61	41.71	15.5	12.0
70-74	35.41	65.08	11.9	9.2
75-79	63.68	104.10	8.7	6.8
80-84	125.14	173.87	6.0	4.9
85-89	206.96	251.15	4.2	3.6
90-94	312.60	356.42	3.0	2.7
95-99	446.44	482.82	2.2	2.0
100+	592.03	614.86	1.7	1.6

Mortality in Argentina by year

Mortality in Argentina, 1979

Year

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