Ecuador Mortality 1961: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Ecuador was 54.1 years in 1961: 56.1 for women and 52.1 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 70,061 people died; 23.2% of them were 65 or older and 48.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1961

Life expectancy at birth

54.1

Women

56.1

Men

52.1

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

115.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

171.0

Deaths

70,061

Deaths per 1,000 people

14.8

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

328

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

259

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1961's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1961

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	115.51	134.46	56.1	52.1
1-4	15.98	16.99	61.8	58.4
5-9	1.93	2.45	61.7	58.3
10-14	1.82	1.93	57.3	54.0
15-19	2.58	2.99	52.8	49.5
20-24	3.40	4.26	48.4	45.2
25-29	3.90	4.56	44.2	41.1
30-34	4.49	5.19	40.0	37.0
35-39	5.23	6.35	35.9	32.9
40-44	6.23	8.20	31.8	28.9
45-49	7.84	10.86	27.7	25.0
50-54	10.86	15.26	23.7	21.3
55-59	15.24	21.64	19.9	17.7
60-64	23.31	31.97	16.3	14.5
65-69	35.80	47.12	12.9	11.6
70-74	57.66	71.31	10.0	9.0
75-79	92.49	109.87	7.5	6.8
80-84	147.19	166.99	5.5	5.0
85-89	222.34	251.53	4.0	3.6
90-94	335.47	376.43	2.8	2.6
95-99	468.30	520.04	2.1	1.9
100+	611.51	664.54	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Ecuador by year

Mortality in Ecuador, 1961

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