Bahamas Mortality 1950: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Bahamas was 58.9 years in 1950: 61.7 for women and 55.9 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 975 people died; 33.4% of them were 65 or older and 27.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1950

Life expectancy at birth

58.9

Women

61.7

Men

55.9

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

71.7

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

89.5

Deaths

975

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.7

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

392

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

276

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1950's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1950

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	68.91	82.20	61.7	55.9
1-4	4.66	5.06	65.1	59.6
5-9	1.17	1.51	62.3	56.7
10-14	0.65	0.96	57.6	52.2
15-19	1.54	2.21	52.8	47.4
20-24	2.34	3.96	48.2	42.9
25-29	3.30	5.02	43.7	38.7
30-34	4.65	6.99	39.4	34.6
35-39	6.37	8.68	35.3	30.8
40-44	7.82	10.98	31.3	27.0
45-49	9.67	14.03	27.5	23.4
50-54	11.90	20.77	23.7	19.9
55-59	17.06	26.72	20.0	16.8
60-64	23.37	35.80	16.6	13.8
65-69	37.84	54.78	13.3	11.1
70-74	54.59	74.66	10.5	8.8
75-79	83.41	110.61	8.1	6.7
80-84	129.10	174.13	6.0	4.8
85-89	199.11	260.24	4.4	3.5
90-94	294.09	374.61	3.2	2.6
95-99	412.39	510.88	2.4	1.9
100+	546.75	647.33	1.8	1.5

Mortality in Bahamas by year

Mortality in Bahamas, 1950

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