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

Central America

1981

Life expectancy: 62.9

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 62.9 years in 1981: 66.7 for women and 59.3 for men, a gap of 7.4 years. 703,855 people died; 22.9% of them were 65 or older and 36.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

62.9

Women

66.7

Men

59.3

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

59.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.1

Deaths

703,855

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.6

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

330

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

183

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	57.22	68.03	66.7	59.3
1-4	4.75	5.09	69.6	62.4
5-9	1.03	1.32	66.9	59.6
10-14	0.75	1.16	62.2	55.0
15-19	1.19	2.79	57.4	50.3
20-24	1.63	5.13	52.7	46.0
25-29	1.91	5.72	48.2	42.1
30-34	2.39	6.19	43.6	38.3
35-39	3.40	7.69	39.1	34.4
40-44	4.29	8.75	34.7	30.6
45-49	5.81	11.04	30.4	26.9
50-54	8.14	13.99	26.2	23.3
55-59	11.59	18.57	22.2	19.8
60-64	17.90	25.71	18.4	16.5
65-69	27.09	36.50	14.9	13.4
70-74	43.68	56.07	11.6	10.5
75-79	69.80	84.07	8.9	8.2
80-84	113.39	127.02	6.5	6.2
85-89	179.94	188.67	4.7	4.6
90-94	262.04	266.51	3.5	3.4
95-99	381.83	391.67	2.5	2.5
100+	548.82	573.16	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Central America by year

Mortality in Central America, 1981

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