Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

South America

1965

Life expectancy: 57.2

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 57.2 years in 1965: 59.8 for women and 54.8 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 1,940,905 people died; 21.2% of them were 65 or older and 45.5% 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

57.2

Women

59.8

Men

54.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

102.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

138.5

Deaths

1,940,905

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.4

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

306

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

226

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	100.45	121.06	59.8	54.9
1-4	9.67	10.69	65.0	60.7
5-9	1.90	2.36	63.5	59.3
10-14	1.46	1.70	59.1	55.0
15-19	2.08	2.64	54.5	50.4
20-24	2.69	3.73	50.0	46.0
25-29	3.13	3.97	45.6	41.9
30-34	3.68	4.50	41.3	37.6
35-39	4.40	5.61	37.1	33.4
40-44	5.32	7.36	32.8	29.3
45-49	6.83	10.07	28.6	25.3
50-54	9.57	14.44	24.5	21.5
55-59	13.55	20.68	20.6	17.9
60-64	20.70	30.49	16.9	14.6
65-69	32.17	45.71	13.4	11.6
70-74	52.49	70.89	10.3	8.9
75-79	86.59	111.74	7.7	6.6
80-84	145.19	174.32	5.5	4.9
85-89	221.92	256.69	4.0	3.6
90-94	324.63	369.25	2.9	2.6
95-99	441.55	495.80	2.2	2.0
100+	560.13	617.74	1.8	1.6

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1965

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