Northern America Mortality 2047: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Northern America is projected at 83.2 years in 2047: 85.0 for women and 81.4 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 4,615,540 people are projected to die; 87.0% of them would be 65 or older and 0.3% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 85-89. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2047

Life expectancy at birth

83.2

Women

85.0

Men

81.4

Life expectancy at 65

22.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

2.6

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

3.2

Deaths

4,615,540

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.9

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

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2047's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2047

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	2.55	2.75	85.0	81.4
1-4	0.12	0.14	84.3	80.6
5-9	0.05	0.06	80.3	76.6
10-14	0.07	0.09	75.3	71.7
15-19	0.19	0.41	70.3	66.7
20-24	0.36	0.95	65.4	61.8
25-29	0.53	1.28	60.5	57.1
30-34	0.73	1.47	55.7	52.4
35-39	0.89	1.60	50.9	47.8
40-44	1.12	1.79	46.1	43.2
45-49	1.61	2.44	41.3	38.5
50-54	2.49	3.79	36.6	34.0
55-59	3.79	5.89	32.1	29.6
60-64	5.24	8.26	27.6	25.4
65-69	7.34	10.99	23.3	21.3
70-74	11.71	16.27	19.1	17.4
75-79	19.49	26.05	15.1	13.7
80-84	35.09	44.99	11.3	10.2
85-89	70.98	87.54	8.0	7.1
90-94	142.20	172.56	5.3	4.7
95-99	259.49	306.07	3.5	3.0
100+	430.42	485.34	2.3	2.1

Mortality in Northern America by year

Mortality in Northern America, 2047

Year

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