Life expectancy at birth in Puerto Rico was 68.7 years in 1963: 71.7 for women and 66.0 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 17,238 people died; 44.0% of them were 65 or older and 21.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

68.7

Women

71.7

Men

66.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

39.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

49.2

Deaths

17,238

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.9

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

230

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

130

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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	37.85	44.44	71.7	66.0
1-4	2.51	2.41	73.4	68.0
5-9	0.63	0.74	70.1	64.6
10-14	0.43	0.68	65.3	59.8
15-19	0.71	1.64	60.5	55.0
20-24	0.99	2.77	55.7	50.4
25-29	1.24	3.09	50.9	46.1
30-34	1.60	3.58	46.2	41.8
35-39	2.19	4.36	41.6	37.5
40-44	2.74	5.44	37.0	33.3
45-49	3.94	7.12	32.5	29.1
50-54	5.86	9.98	28.1	25.1
55-59	8.50	14.11	23.9	21.2
60-64	13.59	20.91	19.8	17.6
65-69	21.05	30.48	16.0	14.2
70-74	34.51	45.98	12.5	11.2
75-79	62.10	73.19	9.3	8.4
80-84	106.14	125.98	6.8	6.1
85-89	168.33	200.46	4.9	4.3
90-94	259.96	302.83	3.5	3.1
95-99	378.93	437.38	2.5	2.2
100+	520.62	583.33	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Puerto Rico by year

Mortality in Puerto Rico, 1963

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