Guyana Mortality 1961: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guyana was 57.9 years in 1961: 60.5 for women and 55.5 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 6,592 people died; 27.5% of them were 65 or older and 32.9% 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

57.9

Women

60.5

Men

55.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

68.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

89.3

Deaths

6,592

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.3

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

397

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

302

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	63.91	80.82	60.5	55.5
1-4	5.10	6.06	63.5	59.1
5-9	0.84	1.04	60.7	56.5
10-14	0.84	0.95	56.0	51.8
15-19	1.79	1.94	51.2	47.0
20-24	2.94	3.39	46.7	42.5
25-29	3.66	4.63	42.3	38.1
30-34	4.44	5.59	38.0	34.0
35-39	5.09	7.06	33.8	29.9
40-44	6.90	10.30	29.6	25.8
45-49	9.92	14.37	25.6	22.1
50-54	15.41	21.59	21.8	18.5
55-59	21.74	31.88	18.3	15.3
60-64	32.02	45.99	15.1	12.6
65-69	45.50	63.34	12.3	10.2
70-74	64.27	90.54	9.8	8.0
75-79	98.79	127.38	7.6	6.3
80-84	138.77	177.88	5.9	4.9
85-89	192.24	246.40	4.6	3.7
90-94	265.79	331.22	3.5	2.9
95-99	353.07	426.97	2.7	2.3
100+	460.00	534.47	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Guyana by year

Mortality in Guyana, 1961

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