Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 60.3 years in 1973: 62.9 for women and 58.0 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 2,959,852 people died; 25.4% of them were 65 or older and 39.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

60.3

Women

62.9

Men

58.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

81.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

108.8

Deaths

2,959,852

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

286

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

206

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	78.90	94.65	62.9	58.0
1-4	7.18	7.80	66.9	62.6
5-9	1.59	1.94	64.8	60.5
10-14	1.15	1.42	60.3	56.1
15-19	1.68	2.28	55.7	51.5
20-24	2.25	3.33	51.1	47.0
25-29	2.62	3.65	46.6	42.8
30-34	3.12	4.16	42.2	38.5
35-39	4.03	5.37	37.8	34.3
40-44	4.85	6.93	33.6	30.1
45-49	6.30	9.39	29.3	26.1
50-54	8.82	13.28	25.2	22.2
55-59	12.41	18.82	21.2	18.6
60-64	20.05	29.18	17.4	15.1
65-69	30.51	42.48	14.0	12.1
70-74	50.72	67.53	10.8	9.4
75-79	79.54	101.30	8.2	7.2
80-84	126.83	152.88	6.1	5.4
85-89	196.36	226.67	4.4	3.9
90-94	291.59	329.40	3.2	2.9
95-99	407.43	453.91	2.4	2.2
100+	528.54	585.48	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1973

Year

Country