Life expectancy at birth in Guam was 60.9 years in 1954: 63.0 for women and 59.7 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 408 people died; 18.2% of them were 65 or older and 21.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1954

Life expectancy at birth

60.9

Women

63.0

Men

59.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

36.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

43.1

Deaths

408

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.4

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

360

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

278

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1954's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1954

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.

WomenMen

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	33.90	40.11	63.0	59.7
1-4	1.81	1.89	64.1	61.1
5-9	1.72	1.18	60.6	57.6
10-14	0.68	0.82	56.1	52.9
15-19	0.73	2.56	51.2	48.1
20-24	1.66	5.69	46.4	43.7
25-29	2.17	2.28	41.8	39.9
30-34	1.54	2.59	37.2	35.3
35-39	4.48	3.38	32.5	30.8
40-44	4.50	8.68	28.2	26.2
45-49	9.48	9.20	23.7	22.3
50-54	15.28	19.98	19.8	18.2
55-59	25.14	34.44	16.1	14.8
60-64	38.58	46.71	12.9	12.2
65-69	58.73	65.90	10.2	9.7
70-74	89.02	95.62	7.8	7.5
75-79	135.30	139.90	5.8	5.7
80-84	205.65	206.36	4.2	4.2
85-89	312.03	306.25	3.0	3.0
90-94	471.27	456.36	2.1	2.1
95-99	656.96	633.92	1.5	1.6
100+	802.57	779.30	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Guam by year

Mortality in Guam, 1954

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