El Salvador Mortality 1951: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in El Salvador was 43.8 years in 1951: 45.8 for women and 42.0 for men, a gap of 3.8 years. 47,866 people died; 16.2% of them were 65 or older and 47.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1951

Life expectancy at birth

43.8

Women

45.8

Men

42.0

Life expectancy at 65

10.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

146.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

226.8

Deaths

47,866

Deaths per 1,000 people

21.4

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

483

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

422

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1951's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1951

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	145.86	180.80	45.8	42.0
1-4	22.54	27.42	51.7	49.0
5-9	5.35	5.23	52.4	50.4
10-14	5.11	4.63	48.7	46.7
15-19	6.77	6.35	44.9	42.7
20-24	7.98	8.21	41.4	39.0
25-29	8.83	8.83	38.0	35.5
30-34	9.96	10.19	34.6	32.0
35-39	10.42	11.57	31.2	28.6
40-44	11.85	14.82	27.7	25.1
45-49	13.19	17.70	24.3	21.8
50-54	17.38	23.35	20.8	18.6
55-59	23.13	30.79	17.4	15.6
60-64	33.34	42.38	14.3	12.8
65-69	47.86	59.69	11.4	10.2
70-74	76.22	90.17	8.8	7.9
75-79	113.42	131.44	6.7	6.1
80-84	165.42	186.78	5.1	4.7
85-89	238.58	263.01	3.8	3.5
90-94	329.75	357.72	2.9	2.7
95-99	439.85	472.18	2.2	2.1
100+	559.97	591.75	1.8	1.7

Mortality in El Salvador by year

Mortality in El Salvador, 1951

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