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

South America

2004

Life expectancy: 72.2

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

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-5 -1 2004 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in South America was 72.2 years in 2004: 75.6 for women and 68.9 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 2,195,497 people died; 51.8% of them were 65 or older and 8.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

72.2

Women

75.6

Men

68.9

Life expectancy at 65

16.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

21.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

26.1

Deaths

2,195,497

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

203

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

106

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	19.60	24.57	75.7	68.9
1-4	1.07	1.17	76.1	69.6
5-9	0.41	0.56	72.5	65.9
10-14	0.38	0.57	67.6	61.0
15-19	0.58	1.75	62.7	56.2
20-24	0.72	2.71	57.9	51.7
25-29	0.86	2.75	53.1	47.4
30-34	1.09	2.88	48.3	43.0
35-39	1.48	3.32	43.6	38.6
40-44	2.17	4.25	38.9	34.2
45-49	3.26	5.90	34.3	29.8
50-54	4.91	8.75	29.8	25.7
55-59	7.40	13.00	25.5	21.7
60-64	11.42	19.62	21.3	18.0
65-69	18.43	29.74	17.4	14.6
70-74	29.96	46.83	13.9	11.5
75-79	49.22	72.81	10.7	8.9
80-84	82.40	112.35	7.9	6.7
85-89	136.55	170.29	5.8	4.9
90-94	211.15	251.26	4.2	3.6
95-99	311.84	354.38	3.0	2.7
100+	440.84	475.08	2.3	2.1

Mortality in South America by year

Mortality in South America, 2004

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