Life expectancy at birth in Bahamas was 65.8 years in 1969: 68.8 for women and 62.9 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 1,198 people died; 30.1% of them were 65 or older and 22.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

65.8

Women

68.8

Men

62.9

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

38.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

46.4

Deaths

1,198

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

307

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

203

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

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	36.66	43.59	68.8	62.9
1-4	1.92	2.03	70.4	64.7
5-9	0.63	0.91	66.9	61.2
10-14	0.40	0.68	62.1	56.4
15-19	0.90	1.36	57.2	51.6
20-24	1.26	2.27	52.5	47.0
25-29	1.96	3.08	47.8	42.5
30-34	2.46	3.89	43.2	38.1
35-39	4.03	5.43	38.7	33.8
40-44	5.72	8.04	34.5	29.6
45-49	7.05	10.51	30.4	25.7
50-54	8.51	16.53	26.4	22.0
55-59	13.52	22.13	22.4	18.7
60-64	18.50	29.86	18.8	15.6
65-69	29.18	44.36	15.4	12.7
70-74	40.28	57.40	12.4	10.2
75-79	64.09	89.27	9.6	7.8
80-84	98.16	138.78	7.3	5.8
85-89	150.86	206.17	5.4	4.3
90-94	223.30	297.61	4.0	3.2
95-99	317.73	410.89	3.0	2.4
100+	439.06	539.11	2.3	1.9

Mortality in Bahamas by year

Mortality in Bahamas, 1969

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