Life expectancy at birth in Northern America was 68.7 years in 1953: 71.9 for women and 65.8 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 1,649,172 people died; 53.8% of them were 65 or older and 9.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

68.7

Women

71.9

Men

65.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

35.8

Deaths

1,649,172

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.4

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

243

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

147

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	27.23	35.58	71.9	65.9
1-4	1.21	1.46	72.9	67.2
5-9	0.47	0.68	69.2	63.6
10-14	0.40	0.69	64.4	58.8
15-19	0.68	1.47	59.5	54.0
20-24	0.81	2.09	54.7	49.4
25-29	1.03	1.89	49.9	44.9
30-34	1.38	2.20	45.1	40.3
35-39	2.04	3.05	40.4	35.7
40-44	3.18	5.02	35.8	31.2
45-49	4.70	7.95	31.3	26.9
50-54	7.40	12.84	27.0	22.9
55-59	10.57	19.19	22.9	19.2
60-64	16.02	28.49	19.1	15.9
65-69	24.92	40.61	15.4	13.0
70-74	40.81	58.35	12.1	10.3
75-79	66.53	87.05	9.3	8.0
80-84	103.52	130.67	7.0	6.0
85-89	161.42	196.83	5.1	4.5
90-94	240.29	275.66	3.8	3.4
95-99	333.40	366.07	2.9	2.6
100+	453.19	476.44	2.2	2.1

Mortality in Northern America by year

Mortality in Northern America, 1953

Year

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