Guatemala Mortality 1961: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 46.1 years in 1961: 46.3 for women and 45.9 for men, a gap of 0.4 years. 77,247 people died; 9.3% of them were 65 or older and 54.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1961

Life expectancy at birth

46.1

Women

46.3

Men

45.9

Life expectancy at 65

11.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

140.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

215.9

Deaths

77,247

Deaths per 1,000 people

18.5

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

394

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

390

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1961's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1961

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	145.98	164.50	46.3	45.9
1-4	23.17	23.29	52.3	52.8
5-9	7.68	7.04	53.2	53.8
10-14	3.41	3.72	50.2	50.6
15-19	4.75	4.22	46.0	46.5
20-24	7.04	5.48	42.1	42.4
25-29	7.18	6.18	38.5	38.6
30-34	7.65	7.54	34.8	34.7
35-39	9.36	9.09	31.1	30.9
40-44	11.00	11.39	27.5	27.2
45-49	12.28	13.79	23.9	23.7
50-54	17.84	18.37	20.2	20.2
55-59	21.73	23.92	16.9	16.9
60-64	45.59	46.55	13.5	13.7
65-69	51.73	52.86	11.3	11.7
70-74	71.51	61.26	8.9	9.5
75-79	114.13	101.48	6.7	7.0
80-84	164.79	165.23	5.1	5.0
85-89	235.80	259.43	3.9	3.6
90-94	325.17	356.43	2.9	2.7
95-99	433.23	472.19	2.3	2.1
100+	551.42	593.12	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 1961

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