Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 57.5 years in 1966: 59.9 for women and 55.3 for men, a gap of 4.6 years. 2,920,043 people died; 20.9% of them were 65 or older and 45.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

57.5

Women

59.9

Men

55.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

133.9

Deaths

2,920,043

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.3

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

306

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

230

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	96.04	114.34	59.9	55.3
1-4	9.79	10.61	64.8	60.8
5-9	2.07	2.43	63.3	59.4
10-14	1.42	1.67	58.9	55.1
15-19	2.01	2.52	54.3	50.5
20-24	2.70	3.63	49.8	46.1
25-29	3.21	4.06	45.5	41.9
30-34	3.74	4.70	41.2	37.7
35-39	4.62	5.98	36.9	33.6
40-44	5.42	7.53	32.7	29.5
45-49	6.99	10.19	28.5	25.5
50-54	9.70	14.20	24.5	21.7
55-59	13.72	20.26	20.5	18.1
60-64	21.44	30.00	16.8	14.8
65-69	32.95	45.09	13.4	11.8
70-74	52.81	68.31	10.4	9.1
75-79	85.83	106.67	7.8	6.9
80-84	141.78	165.36	5.6	5.1
85-89	217.29	244.38	4.1	3.7
90-94	316.31	345.13	3.0	2.8
95-99	435.68	454.19	2.2	2.2
100+	587.27	586.00	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1966

Year

Country