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

South America

1994

Life expectancy: 68.7

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

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 68.7 years in 1994: 72.0 for women and 65.5 for men, a gap of 6.5 years. 2,062,905 people died; 43.4% of them were 65 or older and 16.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

68.7

Women

72.0

Men

65.5

Life expectancy at 65

14.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

37.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

45.8

Deaths

2,062,905

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

228

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

130

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	34.24	42.37	72.0	65.5
1-4	2.15	2.34	73.4	67.3
5-9	0.64	0.95	70.1	63.9
10-14	0.51	0.84	65.3	59.2
15-19	0.75	1.92	60.4	54.4
20-24	0.97	2.88	55.7	49.9
25-29	1.15	2.92	50.9	45.6
30-34	1.42	3.13	46.2	41.2
35-39	1.93	3.69	41.5	36.8
40-44	2.71	4.81	36.9	32.5
45-49	3.99	6.77	32.3	28.2
50-54	6.00	10.18	27.9	24.1
55-59	9.03	15.47	23.7	20.2
60-64	14.34	23.79	19.7	16.6
65-69	22.89	35.87	16.0	13.4
70-74	37.36	55.64	12.6	10.5
75-79	60.54	83.93	9.6	8.1
80-84	99.10	128.47	7.2	6.1
85-89	157.74	189.63	5.2	4.6
90-94	234.59	270.81	3.9	3.4
95-99	331.23	369.32	2.9	2.6
100+	447.19	484.61	2.2	2.1

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 1994

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