Life expectancy at birth in Uruguay was 71.5 years in 1982: 75.5 for women and 67.8 for men, a gap of 7.7 years. 28,428 people died; 64.7% of them were 65 or older and 6.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

71.5

Women

75.5

Men

67.8

Life expectancy at 65

15.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

30.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

34.4

Deaths

28,428

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.6

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

201

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

103

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	27.00	35.98	75.5	67.8
1-4	0.91	0.95	76.5	69.3
5-9	0.27	0.42	72.8	65.5
10-14	0.24	0.44	67.9	60.7
15-19	0.50	1.02	63.0	55.8
20-24	0.59	1.32	58.1	51.1
25-29	0.76	1.39	53.3	46.4
30-34	0.97	1.74	48.5	41.7
35-39	1.50	2.47	43.7	37.0
40-44	2.06	3.60	39.0	32.5
45-49	3.23	6.22	34.4	28.0
50-54	5.14	11.29	29.9	23.8
55-59	6.98	15.84	25.6	20.0
60-64	11.91	25.81	21.4	16.5
65-69	17.26	36.60	17.6	13.4
70-74	29.52	55.18	14.0	10.6
75-79	50.39	83.30	10.8	8.1
80-84	80.37	125.20	8.1	6.1
85-89	129.32	198.32	5.9	4.4
90-94	205.63	295.60	4.2	3.2
95-99	310.00	414.51	3.0	2.4
100+	447.55	550.30	2.2	1.8

Mortality in Uruguay by year

Mortality in Uruguay, 1982

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