Northern America Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Northern America was 68.1 years in 1950: 71.0 for women and 65.4 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 1,603,819 people died; 52.3% of them were 65 or older and 9.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

68.1

Women

71.0

Men

65.4

Life expectancy at 65

13.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

38.1

Deaths

1,603,819

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.5

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

248

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

159

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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	29.07	37.84	71.0	65.4
1-4	1.30	1.55	72.0	66.9
5-9	0.54	0.74	68.4	63.3
10-14	0.47	0.72	63.6	58.6
15-19	0.77	1.42	58.7	53.8
20-24	1.01	1.95	53.9	49.1
25-29	1.24	1.97	49.2	44.6
30-34	1.61	2.33	44.5	40.0
35-39	2.34	3.30	39.8	35.4
40-44	3.50	5.22	35.3	31.0
45-49	5.18	8.25	30.8	26.7
50-54	7.65	12.94	26.6	22.7
55-59	11.20	19.51	22.5	19.1
60-64	17.31	28.69	18.7	15.8
65-69	25.96	40.69	15.1	12.8
70-74	43.21	60.03	11.8	10.1
75-79	70.07	89.55	9.1	7.8
80-84	106.48	134.07	6.9	5.9
85-89	166.70	201.23	5.0	4.4
90-94	244.77	279.84	3.7	3.3
95-99	342.25	376.20	2.8	2.6
100+	463.84	489.81	2.2	2.0

Mortality in Northern America by year

Mortality in Northern America, 1950

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