Life expectancy at birth in Antigua and Barbuda was 75.3 years in 2003: 78.3 for women and 72.2 for men, a gap of 6.1 years. 487 people died; 66.9% of them were 65 or older and 3.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 85-89. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2003

Life expectancy at birth

75.3

Women

78.3

Men

72.2

Life expectancy at 65

17.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

11.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

13.9

Deaths

487

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

161

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

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2003's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2003

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	10.02	12.49	78.3	72.2
1-4	0.67	0.71	78.1	72.1
5-9	0.23	0.12	74.3	68.3
10-14	0.27	0.52	69.4	63.3
15-19	0.32	1.02	64.4	58.5
20-24	0.83	1.77	59.5	53.7
25-29	0.61	1.06	54.8	49.2
30-34	0.83	1.85	49.9	44.4
35-39	1.00	2.34	45.1	39.8
40-44	1.97	3.19	40.3	35.3
45-49	2.49	4.14	35.7	30.8
50-54	4.90	7.50	31.1	26.4
55-59	5.63	12.27	26.8	22.3
60-64	10.84	17.94	22.5	18.5
65-69	18.36	25.57	18.6	15.0
70-74	26.59	41.59	15.2	11.7
75-79	39.63	74.67	12.0	8.9
80-84	69.24	109.30	9.0	6.8
85-89	109.33	167.98	6.8	5.0
90-94	168.27	249.99	5.0	3.7
95-99	249.97	354.23	3.7	2.7
100+	368.07	482.23	2.7	2.1

Mortality in Antigua and Barbuda by year

Mortality in Antigua and Barbuda, 2003

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