Life expectancy at birth in Latin America and the Caribbean was 64.0 years in 1982: 67.0 for women and 61.2 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 3,007,883 people died; 31.9% of them were 65 or older and 30.7% 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

64.0

Women

67.0

Men

61.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

60.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

78.7

Deaths

3,007,883

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.0

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

268

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

174

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	57.78	69.72	67.0	61.2
1-4	4.60	4.98	69.9	64.5
5-9	1.05	1.39	67.1	61.8
10-14	0.80	1.11	62.5	57.2
15-19	1.22	2.13	57.7	52.5
20-24	1.63	3.40	53.1	48.0
25-29	1.92	3.64	48.5	43.8
30-34	2.31	3.95	43.9	39.6
35-39	3.00	4.90	39.4	35.3
40-44	3.92	6.26	34.9	31.1
45-49	5.37	8.51	30.6	27.0
50-54	7.76	12.22	26.3	23.1
55-59	11.01	17.42	22.3	19.4
60-64	17.29	26.29	18.4	15.9
65-69	26.55	38.58	14.8	12.8
70-74	44.28	60.53	11.6	10.0
75-79	70.73	91.69	8.8	7.7
80-84	115.56	139.97	6.5	5.7
85-89	179.18	206.25	4.8	4.3
90-94	261.26	294.37	3.5	3.2
95-99	368.81	420.18	2.6	2.3
100+	508.49	588.55	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean by year

Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1982

Year

Country