Guatemala Mortality 2010: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guatemala was 69.9 years in 2010: 72.8 for women and 67.0 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 78,603 people died; 38.9% of them were 65 or older and 17.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2010

Life expectancy at birth

69.9

Women

72.8

Men

67.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

28.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

34.9

Deaths

78,603

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.4

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

248

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

139

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2010's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2010

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	25.60	32.11	72.8	67.0
1-4	1.64	1.83	73.7	68.1
5-9	0.42	0.49	70.2	64.6
10-14	0.45	0.61	65.3	59.8
15-19	0.87	2.03	60.5	54.9
20-24	1.01	3.17	55.7	50.5
25-29	1.32	4.00	51.0	46.2
30-34	1.65	4.68	46.3	42.1
35-39	2.12	5.44	41.7	38.1
40-44	2.78	6.65	37.1	34.0
45-49	4.22	8.25	32.6	30.1
50-54	6.36	10.10	28.2	26.3
55-59	9.51	12.69	24.0	22.5
60-64	13.59	17.47	20.1	18.8
65-69	20.07	23.35	16.3	15.3
70-74	31.04	34.98	12.8	11.9
75-79	54.41	63.85	9.5	8.6
80-84	104.16	123.20	6.6	6.0
85-89	188.59	221.97	4.5	4.0
90-94	284.98	321.94	3.3	2.9
95-99	406.43	442.29	2.4	2.2
100+	546.21	574.45	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Guatemala by year

Mortality in Guatemala, 2010

Year

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