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

Mortality in Central America, 2011

Central America
2011
Life expectancy: 73.5
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 73.5 years in 2011: 76.2 for women and 70.8 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 886,340 people died; 52.9% of them were 65 or older and 7.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Life expectancy at birth
73.5
Women
76.2
Men
70.8
Life expectancy at 65
16.8
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
17.1
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
20.7
Deaths
886,340
Deaths per 1,000 people
5.6
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
198
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
104
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2011'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
015.3419.2176.270.8
1-40.880.9676.471.1
5-90.270.3372.667.4
10-140.320.4367.762.5
15-190.611.4962.857.6
20-240.702.3058.053.1
25-290.802.7353.248.6
30-341.003.1948.444.3
35-391.373.7643.639.9
40-441.924.4538.935.6
45-493.055.9034.331.4
50-544.918.3329.827.3
55-597.6711.8525.423.3
60-6411.8617.2121.319.6
65-6918.0725.0317.516.1
70-7427.4636.8713.912.9
75-7947.3458.5810.510.0
80-8485.1393.517.77.6
85-89147.57145.335.45.6
90-94226.96208.733.94.2
95-99343.43294.812.83.2
100+527.48432.991.92.3