Guatemala Mortality 1980: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 55.3 years in 1980: 59.3 for women and 51.9 for men, a gap of 7.5 years. 82,481 people died; 16.0% of them were 65 or older and 43.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1980

Life expectancy at birth

55.3

Women

59.3

Men

51.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

88.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

122.8

Deaths

82,481

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

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

412

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

244

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1980's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1980

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	87.68	101.38	59.3	51.9
1-4	9.36	9.75	63.6	56.2
5-9	3.11	3.06	62.0	54.4
10-14	1.56	1.79	57.9	50.2
15-19	2.41	4.03	53.4	45.6
20-24	3.08	8.52	49.0	41.5
25-29	3.60	10.08	44.7	38.2
30-34	4.30	10.42	40.5	35.1
35-39	6.06	11.57	36.3	31.8
40-44	7.30	12.23	32.3	28.5
45-49	7.55	13.56	28.4	25.2
50-54	9.14	16.32	24.4	21.8
55-59	12.46	19.40	20.4	18.4
60-64	21.73	31.11	16.6	15.0
65-69	32.37	41.56	13.2	12.1
70-74	56.41	63.76	10.1	9.4
75-79	91.17	102.59	7.5	6.9
80-84	145.67	164.91	5.5	5.0
85-89	226.66	257.26	4.0	3.6
90-94	318.02	354.86	3.0	2.7
95-99	428.40	468.85	2.3	2.1
100+	550.63	590.04	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 1980

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