Life expectancy at birth in Guam was 67.5 years in 1974: 71.5 for women and 64.6 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 460 people died; 25.6% of them were 65 or older and 14.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

67.5

Women

71.5

Men

64.6

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

24.6

Deaths

460

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.7

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

281

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

159

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	19.85	22.66	71.5	64.6
1-4	0.95	0.93	71.9	65.0
5-9	0.38	0.66	68.2	61.3
10-14	0.44	0.74	63.3	56.5
15-19	0.88	3.14	58.4	51.7
20-24	0.91	3.31	53.7	47.4
25-29	0.90	2.64	48.9	43.2
30-34	1.10	2.93	44.1	38.7
35-39	1.82	3.74	39.3	34.3
40-44	2.57	6.08	34.7	29.9
45-49	5.58	8.03	30.1	25.7
50-54	8.05	13.31	25.8	21.7
55-59	12.71	22.76	21.8	18.0
60-64	19.79	32.30	18.1	14.8
65-69	30.37	46.68	14.7	12.0
70-74	46.14	67.81	11.7	9.5
75-79	70.41	99.44	9.0	7.3
80-84	107.66	147.15	6.8	5.5
85-89	164.75	219.41	5.0	4.0
90-94	251.71	329.02	3.6	2.9
95-99	368.02	469.71	2.6	2.1
100+	507.05	616.33	2.0	1.6

Mortality in Guam by year

Mortality in Guam, 1974

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