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

South America

1972

Life expectancy: 60.0

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 60.0 years in 1972: 62.6 for women and 57.5 for men, a gap of 5.1 years. 1,970,607 people died; 26.0% of them were 65 or older and 38.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

60.0

Women

62.6

Men

57.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

86.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

114.2

Deaths

1,970,607

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.8

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

284

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

204

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	83.31	101.31	62.6	57.5
1-4	7.27	8.07	67.0	62.5
5-9	1.52	1.96	64.9	60.5
10-14	1.17	1.44	60.4	56.0
15-19	1.71	2.29	55.7	51.4
20-24	2.25	3.26	51.2	47.0
25-29	2.60	3.47	46.7	42.7
30-34	3.10	3.97	42.3	38.4
35-39	3.81	4.97	37.9	34.1
40-44	4.74	6.65	33.6	29.9
45-49	6.20	9.17	29.3	25.9
50-54	8.72	13.40	25.2	21.9
55-59	12.49	19.40	21.2	18.3
60-64	19.71	29.76	17.4	14.9
65-69	30.54	44.40	13.9	11.9
70-74	50.46	69.30	10.8	9.2
75-79	80.25	105.33	8.2	7.0
80-84	128.65	159.15	6.0	5.2
85-89	199.32	236.30	4.4	3.8
90-94	296.78	345.08	3.2	2.8
95-99	413.09	474.05	2.4	2.1
100+	526.32	593.75	1.9	1.7

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1972

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