Mortality in Central America, 1955

Central America
1955
Life expectancy: 48.5
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
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Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 48.5 years in 1955: 49.9 for women and 47.1 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 764,380 people died; 14.6% of them were 65 or older and 53.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
48.5
Women
49.9
Men
47.1
Life expectancy at 65
11.4
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
134.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
202.0
Deaths
764,380
Deaths per 1,000 people
17.7
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
400
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
341
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1955's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
0138.20157.8749.947.1
1-420.3120.8456.053.9
5-94.674.6656.654.4
10-142.452.7852.950.6
15-193.743.9248.546.3
20-245.035.7444.442.2
25-295.786.7340.538.3
30-346.217.4536.634.5
35-398.5410.3232.630.7
40-448.9211.1529.027.2
45-4911.5514.9925.223.7
50-5414.6418.0421.520.3
55-5918.7123.7917.917.0
60-6433.9437.7414.413.8
65-6943.6049.1711.611.1
70-7475.4178.458.98.6
75-79110.74117.786.86.5
80-84162.88174.635.24.9
85-89235.23252.733.93.6
90-94323.04343.282.92.8
95-99440.98466.092.22.1
100+591.58628.221.71.6