Life expectancy at birth in Northern America was 71.5 years in 1973: 75.4 for women and 67.8 for men, a gap of 7.6 years. 2,170,287 people died; 63.6% of them were 65 or older and 3.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

71.5

Women

75.4

Men

67.8

Life expectancy at 65

15.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

17.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

20.2

Deaths

2,170,287

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

225

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

121

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	15.11	19.56	75.4	67.8
1-4	0.71	0.89	75.6	68.1
5-9	0.34	0.49	71.8	64.4
10-14	0.29	0.51	66.9	59.5
15-19	0.61	1.62	62.0	54.7
20-24	0.71	2.18	57.2	50.1
25-29	0.79	1.98	52.4	45.6
30-34	1.08	2.16	47.6	41.0
35-39	1.66	2.96	42.8	36.5
40-44	2.54	4.41	38.2	32.0
45-49	3.95	7.17	33.6	27.6
50-54	5.74	10.91	29.2	23.5
55-59	8.69	17.47	25.0	19.7
60-64	12.57	26.42	21.0	16.3
65-69	18.87	38.97	17.2	13.2
70-74	31.23	58.15	13.6	10.5
75-79	50.87	84.50	10.5	8.2
80-84	84.20	124.72	7.8	6.3
85-89	139.18	183.35	5.7	4.7
90-94	217.13	262.96	4.1	3.5
95-99	320.95	358.41	3.0	2.7
100+	455.29	475.06	2.2	2.1

Mortality in Northern America by year

Mortality in Northern America, 1973

Year

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