Life expectancy at birth in Guyana was 61.0 years in 1982: 63.7 for women and 58.6 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 7,030 people died; 35.0% of them were 65 or older and 23.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

61.0

Women

63.7

Men

58.6

Life expectancy at 65

11.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

54.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

69.0

Deaths

7,030

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

347

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

259

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	49.89	63.76	63.7	58.6
1-4	3.55	4.21	65.9	61.4
5-9	0.60	0.79	62.8	58.4
10-14	0.64	0.87	58.0	53.6
15-19	1.41	1.83	53.2	48.9
20-24	2.46	3.25	48.5	44.3
25-29	3.14	4.47	44.1	40.0
30-34	3.78	5.22	39.7	35.8
35-39	4.28	6.04	35.5	31.7
40-44	5.59	8.45	31.2	27.6
45-49	7.98	11.71	27.0	23.7
50-54	13.02	17.88	23.0	19.9
55-59	18.11	26.17	19.3	16.5
60-64	27.65	38.95	15.9	13.5
65-69	41.69	57.06	12.9	10.9
70-74	57.67	79.66	10.3	8.6
75-79	89.82	113.13	7.9	6.7
80-84	133.24	172.79	6.1	5.0
85-89	183.85	233.85	4.7	3.9
90-94	256.49	316.50	3.6	3.0
95-99	348.30	421.30	2.8	2.3
100+	459.58	535.53	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Guyana by year

Mortality in Guyana, 1982

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