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

Central America

2004

Life expectancy: 72.6

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 2004 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 72.6 years in 2004: 75.1 for women and 70.1 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 789,012 people died; 51.7% of them were 65 or older and 11.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

72.6

Women

75.1

Men

70.1

Life expectancy at 65

16.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

22.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

26.8

Deaths

789,012

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.5

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

195

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

111

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	19.90	24.87	75.1	70.1
1-4	1.18	1.30	75.6	70.9
5-9	0.33	0.41	72.0	67.3
10-14	0.34	0.48	67.1	62.4
15-19	0.59	1.27	62.2	57.5
20-24	0.72	2.03	57.4	52.9
25-29	0.84	2.46	52.6	48.4
30-34	1.03	2.85	47.8	44.0
35-39	1.40	3.45	43.0	39.6
40-44	2.11	4.47	38.3	35.2
45-49	3.31	6.07	33.7	30.9
50-54	5.24	8.51	29.2	26.8
55-59	8.21	12.33	24.9	22.9
60-64	12.89	17.91	20.8	19.1
65-69	19.00	25.63	17.0	15.7
70-74	29.55	38.62	13.5	12.5
75-79	50.68	61.36	10.2	9.6
80-84	90.34	100.02	7.4	7.2
85-89	154.54	157.07	5.3	5.3
90-94	234.46	224.44	3.8	4.0
95-99	350.64	314.99	2.7	3.0
100+	535.13	460.55	1.9	2.2

Mortality in Central America by year

Mortality in Central America, 2004

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