Guyana Mortality 2010: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Guyana was 66.2 years in 2010: 69.7 for women and 63.1 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 5,876 people died; 39.4% of them were 65 or older and 10.4% 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

66.2

Women

69.7

Men

63.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

37.3

Deaths

5,876

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

319

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

196

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	27.03	35.66	69.7	63.1
1-4	1.59	1.89	70.6	64.3
5-9	0.29	0.40	67.0	60.8
10-14	0.37	0.53	62.1	55.9
15-19	0.87	1.30	57.2	51.1
20-24	1.51	2.48	52.4	46.4
25-29	1.99	3.46	47.8	41.9
30-34	2.49	4.39	43.3	37.6
35-39	3.02	5.71	38.8	33.4
40-44	3.94	7.90	34.3	29.3
45-49	5.84	10.64	30.0	25.4
50-54	9.63	16.34	25.8	21.6
55-59	14.25	24.51	21.9	18.2
60-64	20.93	32.60	18.3	15.3
65-69	30.52	44.80	15.1	12.5
70-74	42.10	62.12	12.2	10.0
75-79	68.78	90.98	9.4	7.8
80-84	103.28	137.05	7.3	5.9
85-89	145.64	192.77	5.6	4.5
90-94	211.90	270.82	4.2	3.4
95-99	295.03	365.15	3.2	2.6
100+	406.44	478.68	2.5	2.1

Mortality in Guyana by year

Mortality in Guyana, 2010

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