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

Central America

1978

Life expectancy: 62.0

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-5 -1 1978 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 62.0 years in 1978: 65.2 for women and 59.1 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 696,490 people died; 21.1% of them were 65 or older and 41.2% 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

62.0

Women

65.2

Men

59.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

66.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

88.3

Deaths

696,490

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.1

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

316

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

195

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	64.32	75.87	65.2	59.1
1-4	5.68	6.04	68.5	62.6
5-9	1.27	1.60	66.0	60.1
10-14	0.89	1.28	61.4	55.6
15-19	1.34	2.54	56.7	50.9
20-24	1.85	4.34	52.0	46.5
25-29	2.16	4.99	47.5	42.5
30-34	2.66	5.45	43.0	38.5
35-39	3.89	7.34	38.5	34.5
40-44	4.64	8.23	34.2	30.7
45-49	6.28	11.00	30.0	26.9
50-54	8.38	13.57	25.8	23.3
55-59	12.21	18.54	21.8	19.7
60-64	18.03	25.25	18.0	16.4
65-69	29.81	38.77	14.5	13.3
70-74	44.52	53.78	11.4	10.6
75-79	72.58	84.86	8.6	8.0
80-84	118.79	130.32	6.3	6.0
85-89	189.52	196.67	4.6	4.5
90-94	274.08	276.60	3.4	3.3
95-99	394.34	405.15	2.5	2.4
100+	553.10	583.19	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Central America by year

Mortality in Central America, 1978

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