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

Costa Rica

1976

Life expectancy: 70.9

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

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-5 -1 1976 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Costa Rica was 70.9 years in 1976: 73.1 for women and 68.8 for men, a gap of 4.3 years. 10,185 people died; 39.4% of them were 65 or older and 24.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

70.9

Women

73.1

Men

68.8

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.3

Deaths

10,185

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.7

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

171

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

109

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	29.67	37.86	73.1	68.8
1-4	1.55	1.78	74.3	70.4
5-9	0.52	0.67	70.8	66.9
10-14	0.42	0.67	66.0	62.2
15-19	0.68	1.28	61.1	57.4
20-24	0.90	1.98	56.3	52.7
25-29	0.85	1.99	51.5	48.2
30-34	1.14	2.23	46.7	43.7
35-39	1.56	2.70	42.0	39.1
40-44	2.40	3.77	37.3	34.6
45-49	3.16	5.19	32.7	30.2
50-54	5.11	7.32	28.2	26.0
55-59	7.18	10.93	23.9	21.8
60-64	12.94	17.92	19.6	17.9
65-69	20.12	26.38	15.8	14.3
70-74	35.22	42.74	12.2	11.0
75-79	63.83	79.30	9.0	8.0
80-84	110.76	133.76	6.4	5.7
85-89	187.93	220.40	4.5	4.0
90-94	308.73	350.53	3.0	2.7
95-99	468.13	514.16	2.1	1.9
100+	636.62	676.68	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Costa Rica by year

Mortality in Costa Rica, 1976

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