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

Costa Rica

1971

Life expectancy: 67.4

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

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-5 -1 1971 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Costa Rica was 67.4 years in 1971: 69.1 for women and 65.8 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 11,306 people died; 31.1% of them were 65 or older and 35.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

67.4

Women

69.1

Men

65.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

67.8

Deaths

11,306

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

185

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

139

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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	52.30	62.40	69.1	65.8
1-4	3.29	3.53	71.7	68.9
5-9	0.97	1.15	68.7	65.9
10-14	0.55	0.79	64.0	61.2
15-19	0.87	1.42	59.2	56.5
20-24	1.09	1.97	54.4	51.8
25-29	1.18	2.09	49.7	47.3
30-34	1.63	2.38	45.0	42.8
35-39	2.16	3.03	40.3	38.3
40-44	3.03	3.92	35.7	33.8
45-49	3.86	5.73	31.2	29.5
50-54	6.69	8.04	26.8	25.2
55-59	9.29	12.23	22.6	21.2
60-64	15.61	19.00	18.6	17.3
65-69	24.10	28.88	14.9	13.8
70-74	45.67	49.46	11.4	10.5
75-79	71.60	85.55	8.7	7.8
80-84	116.60	139.27	6.4	5.7
85-89	184.11	218.93	4.6	4.0
90-94	278.93	325.83	3.3	2.9
95-99	397.33	454.11	2.4	2.2
100+	535.59	593.68	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Costa Rica by year

Mortality in Costa Rica, 1971

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