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

French Guiana

1972

Life expectancy: 64.0

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Life expectancy at birth in French Guiana was 64.0 years in 1972: 67.9 for women and 60.8 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 434 people died; 39.3% of them were 65 or older and 20.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

64.0

Women

67.9

Men

60.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

44.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.4

Deaths

434

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.8

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

278

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

190

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	33.62	58.96	67.9	60.8
1-4	2.76	5.02	69.2	63.5
5-9	1.01	1.58	65.9	60.7
10-14	0.83	1.21	61.2	56.2
15-19	1.43	2.32	56.5	51.5
20-24	1.77	3.22	51.9	47.1
25-29	2.04	3.17	47.3	42.8
30-34	2.49	3.51	42.8	38.4
35-39	3.25	4.48	38.3	34.1
40-44	4.33	6.13	33.9	29.8
45-49	6.02	8.91	29.5	25.6
50-54	8.51	13.31	25.4	21.7
55-59	12.31	20.01	21.3	18.0
60-64	18.82	30.91	17.5	14.6
65-69	30.14	47.10	14.0	11.6
70-74	48.92	71.35	10.9	9.0
75-79	79.53	108.04	8.2	6.9
80-84	128.32	163.45	6.0	5.1
85-89	201.11	242.24	4.3	3.8
90-94	297.57	339.74	3.2	2.8
95-99	416.93	455.54	2.3	2.2
100+	552.00	579.91	1.8	1.7

Mortality in French Guiana by year

Mortality in French Guiana, 1972

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