South America Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

South America

1960

Life expectancy: 55.1

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

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-5 -1 1960 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 55.1 years in 1960: 57.6 for women and 52.9 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 1,902,221 people died; 18.2% of them were 65 or older and 49.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

55.1

Women

57.6

Men

52.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

114.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

157.7

Deaths

1,902,221

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.8

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

324

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

246

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

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	113.75	135.49	57.6	52.9
1-4	11.97	13.06	63.3	59.3
5-9	2.22	2.70	62.3	58.4
10-14	1.69	1.93	58.0	54.1
15-19	2.40	2.98	53.5	49.6
20-24	3.13	4.21	49.1	45.3
25-29	3.60	4.43	44.8	41.2
30-34	4.15	4.98	40.6	37.1
35-39	4.90	6.13	36.4	33.0
40-44	5.92	8.00	32.2	28.9
45-49	7.42	10.67	28.1	25.0
50-54	10.28	15.21	24.1	21.2
55-59	14.49	21.58	20.2	17.7
60-64	21.92	31.46	16.5	14.4
65-69	33.72	46.67	13.1	11.4
70-74	54.71	71.81	10.1	8.8
75-79	90.43	114.18	7.5	6.5
80-84	151.77	179.06	5.4	4.8
85-89	227.37	259.31	3.9	3.5
90-94	326.56	365.65	2.9	2.6
95-99	440.81	487.35	2.2	2.0
100+	566.70	612.52	1.8	1.6

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1960

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