Northern America Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Northern America was 69.9 years in 1960: 73.4 for women and 66.7 for men, a gap of 6.6 years. 1,802,545 people died; 57.5% of them were 65 or older and 8.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

69.9

Women

73.4

Men

66.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

30.8

Deaths

1,802,545

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

230

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

129

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

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	23.37	30.78	73.4	66.7
1-4	0.99	1.20	74.1	67.8
5-9	0.41	0.57	70.4	64.1
10-14	0.33	0.56	65.5	59.3
15-19	0.54	1.31	60.6	54.5
20-24	0.68	1.76	55.8	49.8
25-29	0.87	1.72	51.0	45.2
30-34	1.19	1.97	46.2	40.6
35-39	1.78	2.85	41.4	36.0
40-44	2.76	4.50	36.8	31.4
45-49	4.19	7.50	32.2	27.1
50-54	6.31	12.24	27.9	23.0
55-59	9.26	18.29	23.7	19.3
60-64	14.86	28.28	19.7	15.9
65-69	22.49	40.93	16.0	13.0
70-74	36.40	58.97	12.6	10.3
75-79	60.72	85.77	9.6	8.0
80-84	99.05	130.29	7.1	6.1
85-89	158.84	194.51	5.2	4.5
90-94	241.39	273.84	3.8	3.4
95-99	344.66	370.32	2.8	2.6
100+	474.79	485.53	2.1	2.1

Mortality in Northern America by year

Mortality in Northern America, 1960

Year

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