Nicaragua Mortality 1975: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 55.8 years in 1975: 59.1 for women and 52.6 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 33,948 people died; 14.3% of them were 65 or older and 53.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1975

Life expectancy at birth

55.8

Women

59.1

Men

52.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

103.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

144.0

Deaths

33,948

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.1

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

356

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

232

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1975's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1975

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	102.27	119.83	59.1	52.6
1-4	11.32	12.12	64.3	58.1
5-9	2.47	3.99	63.2	56.9
10-14	1.35	2.29	59.0	53.0
15-19	1.79	3.26	54.4	48.6
20-24	2.53	4.90	49.8	44.3
25-29	3.13	5.64	45.4	40.4
30-34	3.83	6.44	41.1	36.5
35-39	4.77	7.78	36.8	32.6
40-44	5.72	9.55	32.7	28.8
45-49	7.27	12.28	28.5	25.0
50-54	9.68	16.00	24.5	21.5
55-59	14.09	22.06	20.6	18.0
60-64	21.20	30.66	16.9	14.8
65-69	33.41	45.37	13.5	11.9
70-74	51.32	66.36	10.5	9.3
75-79	82.66	102.15	7.8	7.0
80-84	140.04	163.87	5.6	5.0
85-89	227.23	254.66	4.0	3.6
90-94	317.33	352.30	3.0	2.7
95-99	426.27	468.49	2.3	2.1
100+	547.02	590.70	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 1975

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