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

South America

2002

Life expectancy: 71.4

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

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-5 -1 2002 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 71.4 years in 2002: 74.9 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 2,175,194 people died; 50.3% of them were 65 or older and 9.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2002

Life expectancy at birth

71.4

Women

74.9

Men

68.0

Life expectancy at 65

15.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

29.1

Deaths

2,175,194

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

210

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

110

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2002's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2002

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	21.86	27.32	74.9	68.0
1-4	1.22	1.33	75.6	68.9
5-9	0.46	0.65	71.9	65.2
10-14	0.40	0.64	67.1	60.5
15-19	0.61	1.82	62.2	55.6
20-24	0.76	2.81	57.4	51.1
25-29	0.90	2.81	52.6	46.8
30-34	1.15	2.96	47.8	42.4
35-39	1.55	3.40	43.1	38.0
40-44	2.25	4.39	38.4	33.6
45-49	3.37	6.15	33.8	29.3
50-54	5.12	9.16	29.4	25.2
55-59	7.69	13.69	25.0	21.2
60-64	12.12	20.95	20.9	17.5
65-69	19.64	31.74	17.1	14.2
70-74	32.16	50.07	13.6	11.2
75-79	51.93	76.02	10.5	8.7
80-84	85.46	115.71	7.8	6.6
85-89	137.97	173.95	5.7	4.9
90-94	211.52	254.42	4.2	3.6
95-99	310.05	356.00	3.0	2.7
100+	437.85	474.54	2.3	2.1

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 2002

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