Life expectancy at birth in Guam was 74.8 years in 1999: 77.9 for women and 72.0 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 717 people died; 41.7% of them were 65 or older and 6.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

74.8

Women

77.9

Men

72.0

Life expectancy at 65

17.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

10.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

12.0

Deaths

717

Deaths per 1,000 people

4.5

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

194

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

109

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	9.68	10.97	77.9	72.0
1-4	0.44	0.42	77.6	71.8
5-9	0.41	0.39	73.8	67.9
10-14	0.37	0.70	68.9	63.1
15-19	0.65	1.60	64.0	58.3
20-24	1.22	2.43	59.2	53.7
25-29	1.26	2.37	54.6	49.3
30-34	1.07	2.52	49.9	44.9
35-39	1.57	3.15	45.2	40.4
40-44	2.18	4.91	40.5	36.0
45-49	3.09	6.69	35.9	31.9
50-54	4.67	7.88	31.4	27.9
55-59	7.28	11.61	27.1	23.9
60-64	11.08	16.85	23.0	20.1
65-69	17.01	24.69	19.2	16.7
70-74	26.24	36.46	15.6	13.5
75-79	40.55	54.21	12.5	10.8
80-84	62.63	81.11	9.7	8.3
85-89	96.63	122.13	7.4	6.3
90-94	148.62	184.89	5.5	4.6
95-99	221.95	271.64	4.0	3.4
100+	334.08	391.16	3.0	2.6

Mortality in Guam by year

Mortality in Guam, 1999

Year

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