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

South America

1978

Life expectancy: 62.7

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

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-5 -1 1978 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 62.7 years in 1978: 65.3 for women and 60.1 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 1,996,971 people died; 30.4% of them were 65 or older and 33.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

62.7

Women

65.3

Men

60.1

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

92.8

Deaths

1,996,971

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.7

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

262

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

185

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	68.32	83.01	65.3	60.1
1-4	5.45	6.00	68.8	64.2
5-9	1.21	1.57	66.3	61.7
10-14	0.96	1.20	61.7	57.2
15-19	1.43	2.01	57.0	52.5
20-24	1.88	2.93	52.4	48.1
25-29	2.20	3.13	47.8	43.7
30-34	2.60	3.49	43.3	39.4
35-39	3.29	4.44	38.9	35.0
40-44	4.18	5.95	34.5	30.7
45-49	5.68	8.47	30.1	26.6
50-54	7.99	12.22	25.9	22.6
55-59	11.51	18.02	21.9	18.9
60-64	17.74	27.20	18.0	15.4
65-69	28.10	41.27	14.5	12.3
70-74	46.07	64.20	11.3	9.6
75-79	74.37	99.19	8.5	7.2
80-84	121.34	152.46	6.3	5.4
85-89	188.55	225.50	4.6	4.0
90-94	279.22	324.93	3.3	2.9
95-99	389.30	445.64	2.5	2.2
100+	502.82	563.10	2.0	1.8

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1978

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