Nicaragua Mortality 2015: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Nicaragua was 72.9 years in 2015: 75.6 for women and 70.1 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 30,704 people died; 50.0% of them were 65 or older and 8.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2015

Life expectancy at birth

72.9

Women

75.6

Men

70.1

Life expectancy at 65

16.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

16.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

19.4

Deaths

30,704

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.0

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

204

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

113

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2015's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2015

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	14.20	18.41	75.6	70.1
1-4	0.79	0.88	75.7	70.4
5-9	0.28	0.31	72.0	66.6
10-14	0.32	0.35	67.1	61.7
15-19	0.58	0.91	62.2	56.8
20-24	0.63	1.66	57.3	52.1
25-29	0.73	2.08	52.5	47.5
30-34	1.08	3.18	47.7	42.9
35-39	1.48	3.59	42.9	38.6
40-44	2.13	4.58	38.2	34.2
45-49	3.34	5.99	33.6	30.0
50-54	5.17	9.41	29.1	25.8
55-59	8.85	14.15	24.8	21.9
60-64	12.92	18.72	20.8	18.3
65-69	18.94	27.88	17.0	14.9
70-74	27.58	39.34	13.5	11.7
75-79	48.37	65.79	10.1	8.7
80-84	92.29	119.06	7.2	6.2
85-89	168.06	205.46	4.9	4.3
90-94	263.24	304.13	3.5	3.1
95-99	386.96	424.46	2.5	2.3
100+	533.36	559.94	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Nicaragua by year

Mortality in Nicaragua, 2015

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