Life expectancy at birth in Puerto Rico was 68.2 years in 1964: 71.2 for women and 65.5 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 18,392 people died; 44.7% 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, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

68.2

Women

71.2

Men

65.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

42.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

52.1

Deaths

18,392

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.3

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

234

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

133

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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	40.60	47.21	71.2	65.5
1-4	2.61	2.45	73.1	67.6
5-9	0.64	0.75	69.8	64.3
10-14	0.44	0.70	65.0	59.5
15-19	0.74	1.72	60.2	54.7
20-24	1.02	2.85	55.4	50.2
25-29	1.26	3.16	50.7	45.9
30-34	1.65	3.65	46.0	41.5
35-39	2.25	4.44	41.3	37.3
40-44	2.81	5.55	36.8	33.0
45-49	4.04	7.29	32.2	28.9
50-54	6.02	10.18	27.8	24.9
55-59	8.71	14.39	23.6	21.0
60-64	13.95	21.38	19.5	17.4
65-69	21.75	31.24	15.8	14.1
70-74	35.36	46.70	12.3	11.0
75-79	63.99	75.00	9.2	8.3
80-84	109.45	128.95	6.7	5.9
85-89	173.85	205.63	4.8	4.2
90-94	269.15	311.58	3.4	3.0
95-99	392.90	449.21	2.5	2.2
100+	537.46	596.59	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Puerto Rico by year

Mortality in Puerto Rico, 1964

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