Life expectancy at birth in Panama was 70.1 years in 1983: 72.8 for women and 67.7 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 10,913 people died; 41.3% of them were 65 or older and 22.1% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1983

Life expectancy at birth

70.1

Women

72.8

Men

67.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

29.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

38.9

Deaths

10,913

Deaths per 1,000 people

5.2

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

184

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

121

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1983's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1983

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	27.11	33.63	72.8	67.7
1-4	2.28	2.52	73.8	69.0
5-9	0.67	0.83	70.5	65.6
10-14	0.47	0.65	65.7	60.9
15-19	0.73	1.35	60.8	56.1
20-24	0.91	2.12	56.0	51.5
25-29	1.11	1.98	51.3	47.0
30-34	1.38	2.38	46.6	42.4
35-39	1.98	2.95	41.9	37.9
40-44	2.46	3.78	37.3	33.4
45-49	3.50	5.36	32.7	29.0
50-54	5.50	8.26	28.2	24.7
55-59	8.16	12.40	23.9	20.7
60-64	13.02	19.64	19.8	16.8
65-69	20.28	29.69	16.0	13.3
70-74	33.29	50.15	12.4	10.0
75-79	58.21	89.50	9.2	7.1
80-84	108.90	166.07	6.4	4.8
85-89	199.30	308.74	4.3	3.1
90-94	303.01	416.17	3.1	2.3
95-99	439.87	549.66	2.2	1.8
100+	587.89	672.77	1.7	1.5

Mortality in Panama by year

Mortality in Panama, 1983

Year

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