Brazil Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Brazil was 53.2 years in 1960: 55.5 for women and 51.0 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 983,862 people died; 13.3% of them were 65 or older and 53.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

53.2

Women

55.5

Men

51.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

128.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

169.1

Deaths

983,862

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.6

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

351

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

277

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

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	128.29	154.64	55.5	51.0
1-4	11.13	12.65	61.9	58.2
5-9	2.41	2.94	60.6	57.2
10-14	2.05	2.20	56.3	53.0
15-19	2.91	3.34	51.9	48.5
20-24	3.83	4.77	47.6	44.3
25-29	4.38	5.15	43.5	40.3
30-34	5.02	5.86	39.4	36.3
35-39	5.78	7.13	35.3	32.3
40-44	6.80	9.10	31.3	28.4
45-49	8.41	11.80	27.3	24.6
50-54	11.57	16.33	23.3	20.9
55-59	16.08	22.75	19.6	17.5
60-64	24.49	33.32	16.0	14.3
65-69	37.25	48.63	12.7	11.4
70-74	59.56	73.04	9.8	8.9
75-79	94.84	111.95	7.4	6.7
80-84	149.83	168.91	5.4	4.9
85-89	224.87	252.64	3.9	3.6
90-94	337.27	375.64	2.8	2.6
95-99	468.48	516.77	2.1	1.9
100+	610.02	659.46	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Brazil by year

Mortality in Brazil, 1960

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