South America Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

South America

1950

Life expectancy: 50.3

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 50.3 years in 1950: 52.7 for women and 48.1 for men, a gap of 4.5 years. 1,821,031 people died; 17.4% of them were 65 or older and 50.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

50.3

Women

52.7

Men

48.1

Life expectancy at 65

11.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

138.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

198.5

Deaths

1,821,031

Deaths per 1,000 people

16.1

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

375

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

293

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	140.31	165.61	52.7	48.1
1-4	17.54	19.07	59.3	55.5
5-9	2.99	3.56	59.5	55.7
10-14	2.32	2.52	55.4	51.7
15-19	3.23	3.82	51.0	47.3
20-24	4.15	5.47	46.8	43.1
25-29	4.73	5.80	42.7	39.3
30-34	5.39	6.46	38.7	35.4
35-39	6.25	7.77	34.6	31.4
40-44	7.35	9.81	30.7	27.6
45-49	9.09	12.88	26.7	23.8
50-54	12.32	17.53	22.8	20.2
55-59	16.83	24.16	19.1	16.9
60-64	25.09	34.52	15.6	13.7
65-69	38.28	51.32	12.3	10.8
70-74	62.91	80.17	9.4	8.2
75-79	101.73	125.47	6.9	6.1
80-84	167.09	194.96	5.0	4.4
85-89	255.07	287.45	3.6	3.2
90-94	382.34	422.37	2.5	2.3
95-99	550.11	601.71	1.8	1.7
100+	777.12	827.20	1.3	1.2

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1950

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