Life expectancy at birth in Guam was 61.5 years in 1956: 63.5 for women and 60.4 for men, a gap of 3.2 years. 414 people died; 19.5% of them were 65 or older and 22.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1956

Life expectancy at birth

61.5

Women

63.5

Men

60.4

Life expectancy at 65

10.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

34.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

41.2

Deaths

414

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.4

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

348

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

269

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1956's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1956

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	32.37	38.42	63.5	60.4
1-4	1.70	1.78	64.6	61.7
5-9	1.64	1.13	61.0	58.1
10-14	0.65	0.78	56.5	53.4
15-19	0.70	2.44	51.7	48.6
20-24	1.57	5.39	46.9	44.2
25-29	2.11	2.22	42.2	40.3
30-34	1.51	2.53	37.6	35.8
35-39	4.36	3.28	32.9	31.2
40-44	4.30	8.28	28.6	26.7
45-49	9.31	9.03	24.1	22.7
50-54	14.68	19.19	20.1	18.6
55-59	23.95	32.83	16.5	15.2
60-64	36.89	44.68	13.2	12.5
65-69	56.30	63.16	10.4	10.0
70-74	85.34	91.66	8.0	7.8
75-79	129.76	134.14	6.0	5.9
80-84	197.32	197.96	4.4	4.4
85-89	299.60	293.97	3.1	3.2
90-94	452.86	438.42	2.2	2.2
95-99	633.79	611.72	1.6	1.6
100+	781.98	759.07	1.3	1.3

Mortality in Guam by year

Mortality in Guam, 1956

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