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

South America

1992

Life expectancy: 67.9

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 67.9 years in 1992: 71.2 for women and 64.7 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 2,056,092 people died; 41.7% of them were 65 or older and 18.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

67.9

Women

71.2

Men

64.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

41.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

50.8

Deaths

2,056,092

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

235

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

136

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	37.96	46.73	71.2	64.7
1-4	2.47	2.68	72.9	66.7
5-9	0.69	1.04	69.6	63.4
10-14	0.55	0.90	64.9	58.8
15-19	0.79	1.92	60.0	54.0
20-24	1.03	2.94	55.3	49.5
25-29	1.22	3.00	50.5	45.2
30-34	1.51	3.20	45.8	40.8
35-39	2.05	3.81	41.2	36.5
40-44	2.85	4.97	36.6	32.1
45-49	4.15	7.02	32.0	27.9
50-54	6.21	10.62	27.7	23.8
55-59	9.34	15.95	23.4	19.9
60-64	14.78	24.54	19.4	16.3
65-69	23.47	36.82	15.7	13.1
70-74	38.60	57.51	12.4	10.3
75-79	62.49	87.95	9.5	7.9
80-84	102.44	134.68	7.0	5.9
85-89	162.13	197.62	5.1	4.4
90-94	240.05	281.09	3.8	3.3
95-99	336.12	380.73	2.9	2.6
100+	449.86	494.95	2.2	2.0

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1992

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