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

Central America

1974

Life expectancy: 59.7

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-5 -1 1974 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 59.7 years in 1974: 62.1 for women and 57.4 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 725,412 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 44.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

59.7

Women

62.1

Men

57.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

76.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

103.0

Deaths

725,412

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

318

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

223

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	74.42	86.83	62.1	57.4
1-4	7.19	7.54	65.8	61.5
5-9	1.84	2.04	63.7	59.3
10-14	1.15	1.50	59.3	54.9
15-19	1.67	2.51	54.6	50.3
20-24	2.34	3.85	50.0	45.9
25-29	2.82	4.57	45.6	41.7
30-34	3.35	5.22	41.2	37.7
35-39	4.98	7.37	36.8	33.6
40-44	5.56	8.81	32.7	29.7
45-49	7.14	11.18	28.6	26.0
50-54	9.64	14.31	24.5	22.3
55-59	12.84	18.50	20.6	18.8
60-64	23.10	29.87	16.8	15.4
65-69	32.46	39.52	13.5	12.4
70-74	56.27	67.83	10.4	9.6
75-79	83.65	97.09	8.0	7.5
80-84	131.42	143.68	5.9	5.7
85-89	202.73	209.52	4.3	4.2
90-94	289.16	290.35	3.2	3.1
95-99	403.75	494.00	2.4	2.0
100+	559.47	791.14	1.8	1.3

Mortality in Central America by year

Mortality in Central America, 1974

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