Life expectancy at birth in Puerto Rico was 73.0 years in 1981: 76.9 for women and 69.3 for men, a gap of 7.6 years. 23,436 people died; 61.9% of them were 65 or older and 8.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 80-84. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1981

Life expectancy at birth

73.0

Women

76.9

Men

69.3

Life expectancy at 65

16.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

26.8

Deaths

23,436

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

201

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1981's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1981

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	15.67	27.90	76.9	69.3
1-4	1.15	1.58	77.1	70.2
5-9	0.31	0.45	73.4	66.6
10-14	0.26	0.46	68.5	61.8
15-19	0.53	1.53	63.6	56.9
20-24	0.76	2.83	58.8	52.3
25-29	0.94	3.26	54.0	48.0
30-34	1.19	3.48	49.2	43.8
35-39	1.53	3.71	44.5	39.5
40-44	1.89	4.40	39.8	35.2
45-49	2.78	5.80	35.2	30.9
50-54	4.13	8.22	30.6	26.8
55-59	6.02	11.63	26.2	22.8
60-64	9.73	17.34	21.9	19.0
65-69	15.64	25.55	17.9	15.5
70-74	25.91	38.36	14.2	12.2
75-79	47.48	61.54	10.8	9.3
80-84	83.18	107.22	8.0	6.7
85-89	132.54	170.84	5.8	4.8
90-94	214.20	273.81	4.1	3.4
95-99	326.07	411.18	2.9	2.4
100+	470.43	567.83	2.1	1.8

Mortality in Puerto Rico by year

Mortality in Puerto Rico, 1981

Year

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