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

Central America

2012

Life expectancy: 73.7

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

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Life expectancy at birth in Central America was 73.7 years in 2012: 76.4 for women and 71.0 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 893,162 people died; 53.3% of them were 65 or older and 7.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

73.7

Women

76.4

Men

71.0

Life expectancy at 65

16.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

16.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

19.9

Deaths

893,162

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)

103

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

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	14.81	18.55	76.4	71.0
1-4	0.84	0.92	76.6	71.4
5-9	0.26	0.32	72.8	67.6
10-14	0.31	0.42	67.9	62.7
15-19	0.59	1.42	63.0	57.8
20-24	0.69	2.22	58.2	53.2
25-29	0.78	2.60	53.4	48.8
30-34	0.99	3.06	48.6	44.4
35-39	1.34	3.67	43.8	40.0
40-44	1.89	4.38	39.1	35.7
45-49	3.00	5.83	34.4	31.5
50-54	4.85	8.28	29.9	27.3
55-59	7.57	11.82	25.6	23.4
60-64	11.58	16.98	21.4	19.6
65-69	17.80	24.92	17.6	16.2
70-74	26.92	36.48	14.0	13.0
75-79	46.46	57.94	10.6	10.0
80-84	84.05	92.81	7.7	7.6
85-89	146.33	144.60	5.5	5.6
90-94	225.62	208.17	3.9	4.3
95-99	341.52	294.41	2.8	3.2
100+	524.80	432.32	1.9	2.3

Mortality in Central America by year

Mortality in Central America, 2012

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