Life expectancy at birth in Puerto Rico was 69.3 years in 1965: 72.4 for women and 66.4 for men, a gap of 6.0 years. 17,785 people died; 46.2% of them were 65 or older and 20.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

69.3

Women

72.4

Men

66.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

47.1

Deaths

17,785

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.0

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

225

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

123

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	35.50	42.43	72.4	66.4
1-4	2.48	2.38	74.0	68.2
5-9	0.58	0.71	70.7	64.9
10-14	0.40	0.67	65.9	60.1
15-19	0.69	1.69	61.0	55.3
20-24	0.94	2.75	56.2	50.7
25-29	1.16	3.02	51.5	46.4
30-34	1.51	3.47	46.8	42.1
35-39	2.07	4.22	42.1	37.8
40-44	2.58	5.28	37.5	33.5
45-49	3.71	6.98	33.0	29.4
50-54	5.54	9.72	28.5	25.3
55-59	8.02	13.70	24.3	21.4
60-64	12.84	20.42	20.1	17.8
65-69	20.19	29.97	16.3	14.4
70-74	32.60	44.38	12.8	11.3
75-79	59.27	71.79	9.6	8.5
80-84	101.60	123.65	7.0	6.1
85-89	161.73	197.37	5.1	4.4
90-94	251.32	300.59	3.6	3.1
95-99	369.27	435.13	2.6	2.2
100+	511.43	582.24	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Puerto Rico by year

Mortality in Puerto Rico, 1965

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