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

Central America

1972

Life expectancy: 58.5

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 58.5 years in 1972: 60.5 for women and 56.5 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 740,200 people died; 18.6% of them were 65 or older and 45.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

58.5

Women

60.5

Men

56.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

81.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

110.4

Deaths

740,200

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.2

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

322

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

241

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	79.57	92.33	60.6	56.5
1-4	7.96	8.29	64.5	60.9
5-9	2.36	2.50	62.5	58.9
10-14	1.39	1.69	58.2	54.6
15-19	1.88	2.51	53.6	50.0
20-24	2.64	3.83	49.1	45.6
25-29	3.21	4.53	44.7	41.5
30-34	3.90	5.33	40.4	37.3
35-39	5.57	7.51	36.1	33.3
40-44	6.05	8.91	32.1	29.5
45-49	7.57	11.38	28.0	25.7
50-54	10.31	14.43	24.0	22.0
55-59	13.85	19.08	20.1	18.5
60-64	24.49	30.48	16.3	15.1
65-69	35.22	41.56	13.1	12.2
70-74	59.48	70.36	10.2	9.4
75-79	87.15	99.43	7.8	7.3
80-84	135.77	148.22	5.8	5.5
85-89	207.32	216.41	4.3	4.1
90-94	294.06	299.22	3.2	3.1
95-99	406.53	415.74	2.4	2.3
100+	559.25	611.58	1.8	1.6

Mortality in Central America by year

Mortality in Central America, 1972

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