Life expectancy at birth in Antigua and Barbuda was 72.5 years in 1978: 75.3 for women and 69.4 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 405 people died; 61.1% of them were 65 or older and 6.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

72.5

Women

75.3

Men

69.4

Life expectancy at 65

15.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

18.3

Deaths

405

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

188

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

107

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	13.34	16.36	75.3	69.4
1-4	0.90	0.95	75.3	69.5
5-9	0.32	0.43	71.5	65.8
10-14	0.29	0.41	66.6	60.9
15-19	0.54	1.11	61.7	56.1
20-24	0.66	1.60	56.9	51.4
25-29	0.77	1.62	52.1	46.7
30-34	1.01	1.85	47.3	42.1
35-39	1.45	2.47	42.5	37.5
40-44	2.16	3.63	37.8	32.9
45-49	3.35	5.72	33.2	28.5
50-54	5.07	9.15	28.7	24.2
55-59	7.65	14.54	24.4	20.2
60-64	12.00	23.02	20.2	16.5
65-69	19.68	35.89	16.3	13.2
70-74	33.81	55.69	12.7	10.4
75-79	58.96	86.84	9.6	7.9
80-84	100.54	134.12	7.0	5.9
85-89	165.51	204.91	5.0	4.3
90-94	256.28	300.33	3.6	3.1
95-99	374.02	416.67	2.6	2.3
100+	515.44	548.64	1.9	1.8

Mortality in Antigua and Barbuda by year

Mortality in Antigua and Barbuda, 1978

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