Guyana Mortality 1980: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guyana was 60.8 years in 1980: 63.4 for women and 58.5 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 7,007 people died; 34.7% of them were 65 or older and 24.4% 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

60.8

Women

63.4

Men

58.5

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

70.3

Deaths

7,007

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

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

349

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

262

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	50.84	64.89	63.4	58.5
1-4	3.65	4.33	65.7	61.3
5-9	0.61	0.80	62.6	58.3
10-14	0.64	0.86	57.8	53.6
15-19	1.46	1.84	53.0	48.8
20-24	2.53	3.30	48.4	44.2
25-29	3.21	4.49	43.9	39.9
30-34	3.77	5.01	39.6	35.7
35-39	4.35	6.07	35.3	31.6
40-44	5.62	8.47	31.0	27.5
45-49	8.25	11.92	26.8	23.6
50-54	13.05	17.82	22.9	19.8
55-59	18.40	26.62	19.2	16.5
60-64	28.36	39.63	15.8	13.4
65-69	42.09	57.46	12.9	10.8
70-74	57.97	79.86	10.3	8.6
75-79	90.75	114.12	7.9	6.7
80-84	133.42	172.52	6.1	5.0
85-89	183.94	232.14	4.7	3.9
90-94	261.79	324.16	3.5	2.9
95-99	354.16	430.98	2.7	2.3
100+	468.25	550.36	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Guyana by year

Mortality in Guyana, 1980

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