Life expectancy at birth in Northern America was 77.8 years in 2005: 80.3 for women and 75.2 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 2,707,074 people died; 73.6% of them were 65 or older and 1.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2005

Life expectancy at birth

77.8

Women

80.3

Men

75.2

Life expectancy at 65

18.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

6.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

8.1

Deaths

2,707,074

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.2

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

137

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2005's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2005

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	6.23	7.65	80.3	75.2
1-4	0.25	0.34	79.8	74.8
5-9	0.13	0.16	75.9	70.9
10-14	0.14	0.21	70.9	66.0
15-19	0.36	0.87	66.0	61.0
20-24	0.47	1.40	61.1	56.3
25-29	0.53	1.39	56.2	51.6
30-34	0.72	1.46	51.4	47.0
35-39	1.05	1.85	46.5	42.3
40-44	1.68	2.83	41.8	37.7
45-49	2.56	4.28	37.1	33.2
50-54	3.69	6.41	32.5	28.8
55-59	5.40	9.00	28.1	24.7
60-64	8.64	13.67	23.8	20.7
65-69	13.21	20.20	19.7	17.0
70-74	21.02	31.64	15.9	13.5
75-79	34.04	49.96	12.4	10.4
80-84	60.26	85.36	9.2	7.6
85-89	107.38	144.10	6.6	5.4
90-94	185.84	238.20	4.5	3.8
95-99	299.06	363.52	3.1	2.6
100+	453.82	518.59	2.2	1.9

Mortality in Northern America by year

Mortality in Northern America, 2005

Year

Country