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Mortality in Mexico, 1966

Mexico
1966
Life expectancy: 57.4
Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Mexico was 57.4 years in 1966: 59.4 for women and 55.4 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 498,407 people died; 16.9% 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.

Life expectancy at birth
57.4
Women
59.4
Men
55.4
Life expectancy at 65
12.6
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
90.2
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
123.3
Deaths
498,407
Deaths per 1,000 people
11.2
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
337
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
252
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.
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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AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
089.54102.8459.455.5
1-49.159.4463.860.3
5-92.192.3762.158.6
10-141.231.5357.854.2
15-191.742.2353.149.6
20-242.773.5848.645.1
25-293.624.6244.240.9
30-344.105.9340.036.8
35-395.768.3635.732.8
40-446.149.2631.729.1
45-498.3212.0427.625.4
50-5410.5514.8023.721.8
55-5915.1121.1519.818.3
60-6425.6131.5216.215.0
65-6938.1847.1113.012.2
70-7456.9663.3010.29.8
75-7987.0395.257.87.5
80-84138.20144.355.75.6
85-89214.07214.994.24.2
90-94301.33298.283.13.2
95-99429.35409.802.32.4
100+628.26569.511.61.8