Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Central America

1962

Life expectancy: 53.8

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1962 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 53.8 years in 1962: 55.2 for women and 52.4 for men, a gap of 2.8 years. 726,585 people died; 15.9% of them were 65 or older and 51.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1962

Life expectancy at birth

53.8

Women

55.2

Men

52.4

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

108.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

154.5

Deaths

726,585

Deaths per 1,000 people

13.7

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

349

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

293

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1962's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1962

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	108.77	124.87	55.2	52.4
1-4	13.23	13.63	60.3	58.2
5-9	3.27	3.26	59.5	57.3
10-14	1.75	1.98	55.5	53.2
15-19	2.52	2.86	50.9	48.7
20-24	3.87	4.30	46.5	44.4
25-29	4.59	5.37	42.4	40.3
30-34	5.05	6.28	38.3	36.3
35-39	6.85	8.21	34.2	32.4
40-44	7.46	9.36	30.3	28.6
45-49	9.37	12.14	26.4	24.9
50-54	12.51	16.08	22.5	21.3
55-59	16.91	21.10	18.8	17.9
60-64	30.67	35.09	15.3	14.6
65-69	38.84	42.95	12.4	11.9
70-74	66.24	70.89	9.5	9.1
75-79	100.91	107.99	7.2	6.9
80-84	150.54	159.67	5.5	5.3
85-89	220.67	229.56	4.1	4.0
90-94	305.97	311.37	3.1	3.0
95-99	421.47	422.73	2.3	2.3
100+	585.41	583.64	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Central America by year

Mortality in Central America, 1962

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