Life expectancy at birth in Brazil was 60.9 years in 1978: 63.3 for women and 58.7 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 1,033,610 people died; 24.4% of them were 65 or older and 37.7% 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

60.9

Women

63.3

Men

58.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

83.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

103.7

Deaths

1,033,610

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.9

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

277

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

209

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	79.63	98.17	63.3	58.7
1-4	5.10	5.87	67.4	63.6
5-9	1.40	1.85	64.8	61.1
10-14	1.18	1.40	60.2	56.6
15-19	1.77	2.24	55.6	52.0
20-24	2.38	3.21	51.0	47.5
25-29	2.74	3.39	46.6	43.3
30-34	3.18	3.85	42.2	39.0
35-39	3.80	4.80	37.8	34.7
40-44	4.74	6.42	33.5	30.4
45-49	6.31	8.92	29.3	26.4
50-54	8.99	12.93	25.1	22.4
55-59	13.02	19.00	21.2	18.8
60-64	20.21	28.55	17.4	15.4
65-69	31.99	43.03	14.0	12.3
70-74	52.59	66.22	11.0	9.7
75-79	80.62	97.90	8.5	7.6
80-84	118.26	139.50	6.5	5.8
85-89	172.69	198.67	5.0	4.4
90-94	243.68	276.37	3.8	3.4
95-99	332.28	370.57	2.9	2.6
100+	443.15	482.63	2.3	2.1

Mortality in Brazil by year

Mortality in Brazil, 1978

Year

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