Puerto Rico Mortality 1959: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Puerto Rico

1959

Life expectancy: 68.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1959 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Puerto Rico was 68.1 years in 1959: 70.4 for women and 65.9 for men, a gap of 4.4 years. 15,911 people died; 39.6% of them were 65 or older and 24.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1959

Life expectancy at birth

68.1

Women

70.4

Men

65.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

52.6

Deaths

15,911

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

230

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

143

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1959's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1959

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	41.22	46.16	70.4	65.9
1-4	2.91	2.55	72.3	68.0
5-9	0.68	0.73	69.1	64.7
10-14	0.47	0.61	64.3	59.9
15-19	0.76	1.57	59.5	55.1
20-24	1.12	2.73	54.7	50.5
25-29	1.40	3.12	50.0	46.1
30-34	1.77	3.61	45.3	41.8
35-39	2.46	4.42	40.7	37.5
40-44	3.08	5.42	36.2	33.3
45-49	4.37	7.10	31.7	29.1
50-54	6.49	10.11	27.3	25.1
55-59	9.47	14.16	23.1	21.3
60-64	14.73	20.59	19.1	17.6
65-69	23.02	30.71	15.4	14.3
70-74	37.90	46.34	12.0	11.2
75-79	67.17	72.15	8.9	8.5
80-84	114.28	124.64	6.5	6.1
85-89	179.26	194.76	4.7	4.4
90-94	272.71	294.67	3.4	3.2
95-99	393.75	426.29	2.5	2.3
100+	534.27	571.27	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Puerto Rico by year

Mortality in Puerto Rico, 1959

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