South America Mortality 1961: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

South America

1961

Life expectancy: 55.6

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 55.6 years in 1961: 58.0 for women and 53.3 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 1,909,671 people died; 18.6% of them were 65 or older and 48.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1961

Life expectancy at birth

55.6

Women

58.0

Men

53.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

112.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

153.7

Deaths

1,909,671

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.5

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

320

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

242

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1961's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1961

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	111.04	132.47	58.0	53.3
1-4	11.47	12.54	63.7	59.6
5-9	2.16	2.64	62.6	58.6
10-14	1.64	1.89	58.2	54.3
15-19	2.33	2.90	53.7	49.8
20-24	3.04	4.11	49.3	45.5
25-29	3.51	4.32	45.0	41.4
30-34	4.07	4.90	40.8	37.2
35-39	4.81	6.05	36.5	33.1
40-44	5.80	7.84	32.4	29.0
45-49	7.31	10.52	28.2	25.1
50-54	10.13	14.98	24.2	21.3
55-59	14.28	21.26	20.3	17.8
60-64	21.64	31.19	16.6	14.5
65-69	33.26	46.24	13.2	11.5
70-74	53.99	71.27	10.2	8.8
75-79	89.12	113.19	7.6	6.6
80-84	149.61	177.57	5.4	4.8
85-89	225.15	258.07	4.0	3.6
90-94	324.02	364.46	2.9	2.6
95-99	437.53	485.61	2.2	2.0
100+	563.86	611.73	1.8	1.6

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1961

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