Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Mexico

1964

Life expectancy: 55.9

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1964 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Mexico was 55.9 years in 1964: 57.7 for women and 54.2 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 505,651 people died; 16.8% of them were 65 or older and 49.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

55.9

Women

57.7

Men

54.2

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

96.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

132.7

Deaths

505,651

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

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

348

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

270

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	95.84	109.88	57.7	54.2
1-4	10.25	10.57	62.4	59.3
5-9	2.47	2.55	60.9	57.8
10-14	1.32	1.65	56.7	53.5
15-19	1.91	2.45	52.0	49.0
20-24	3.14	3.86	47.5	44.5
25-29	3.98	5.03	43.2	40.3
30-34	4.42	6.24	39.0	36.3
35-39	6.28	8.42	34.8	32.4
40-44	6.75	9.42	30.9	28.7
45-49	8.75	12.21	26.8	24.9
50-54	11.79	16.39	22.9	21.3
55-59	15.95	21.38	19.1	17.9
60-64	29.51	35.50	15.5	14.7
65-69	36.89	42.63	12.6	12.0
70-74	65.15	70.02	9.6	9.3
75-79	98.12	105.17	7.4	7.1
80-84	146.64	151.70	5.6	5.5
85-89	216.40	217.25	4.1	4.1
90-94	302.98	299.79	3.1	3.1
95-99	422.54	412.83	2.3	2.4
100+	601.83	578.50	1.7	1.7

Mortality in Mexico by year

Mortality in Mexico, 1964

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