Mortality in Central America, 2001

Central America
2001
Life expectancy: 71.9
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 71.9 years in 2001: 74.5 for women and 69.4 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 753,789 people died; 48.8% of them were 65 or older and 14.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
71.9
Women
74.5
Men
69.4
Life expectancy at 65
16.2
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
24.8
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
30.5
Deaths
753,789
Deaths per 1,000 people
5.5
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
203
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
116
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2001's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
022.5728.1474.569.4
1-41.371.5275.270.4
5-90.380.5171.666.8
10-140.370.5466.761.9
15-190.621.3261.857.1
20-240.752.1457.052.5
25-290.872.5452.248.0
30-341.122.9947.443.6
35-391.543.6942.739.2
40-442.264.7238.034.9
45-493.476.3733.430.6
50-545.498.8928.926.6
55-598.4812.7624.722.6
60-6413.0418.2320.619.0
65-6919.6526.6516.815.5
70-7430.6639.5813.312.4
75-7952.2963.1110.19.5
80-8492.15101.377.47.2
85-89156.43157.725.25.3
90-94234.91222.663.84.0
95-99348.88311.762.73.0
100+529.72454.261.92.2