Life expectancy at birth in Puerto Rico was 64.5 years in 1953: 66.2 for women and 62.9 for men, a gap of 3.3 years. 17,744 people died; 33.2% of them were 65 or older and 30.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

64.5

Women

66.2

Men

62.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

66.7

Deaths

17,744

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.8

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

270

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

186

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	56.38	56.30	66.2	62.9
1-4	3.81	2.98	68.9	65.5
5-9	0.90	0.76	66.0	62.2
10-14	0.60	0.67	61.3	57.5
15-19	1.05	1.86	56.4	52.6
20-24	1.55	3.33	51.7	48.1
25-29	1.87	3.82	47.1	43.9
30-34	2.40	4.43	42.5	39.7
35-39	3.34	5.31	38.0	35.5
40-44	4.13	6.52	33.6	31.4
45-49	5.84	8.71	29.2	27.3
50-54	8.73	12.24	25.0	23.4
55-59	12.31	16.73	21.0	19.8
60-64	19.32	25.06	17.2	16.3
65-69	30.39	37.37	13.7	13.1
70-74	48.90	54.69	10.5	10.3
75-79	85.88	85.15	7.7	7.7
80-84	143.57	143.26	5.6	5.5
85-89	220.30	223.82	4.0	4.0
90-94	337.69	340.46	2.8	2.8
95-99	481.66	489.10	2.0	2.0
100+	632.11	640.53	1.6	1.6

Mortality in Puerto Rico by year

Mortality in Puerto Rico, 1953

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