Life expectancy at birth in Bahamas was 67.6 years in 1974: 70.7 for women and 64.7 for men, a gap of 5.9 years. 1,239 people died; 32.7% of them were 65 or older and 17.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1974

Life expectancy at birth

67.6

Women

70.7

Men

64.7

Life expectancy at 65

14.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

32.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

38.9

Deaths

1,239

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.0

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

286

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

184

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1974's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1974

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	30.83	36.64	70.7	64.7
1-4	1.54	1.61	71.9	66.1
5-9	0.48	0.73	68.3	62.5
10-14	0.35	0.60	63.4	57.7
15-19	0.73	1.17	58.6	52.9
20-24	1.01	1.82	53.8	48.2
25-29	1.55	2.56	49.0	43.6
30-34	2.07	3.09	44.4	39.2
35-39	3.51	4.61	39.8	34.7
40-44	5.35	7.37	35.5	30.5
45-49	6.33	9.65	31.4	26.5
50-54	7.62	16.15	27.3	22.7
55-59	12.37	21.00	23.2	19.4
60-64	17.22	28.23	19.6	16.3
65-69	26.65	40.00	16.1	13.3
70-74	36.71	51.93	13.0	10.7
75-79	59.01	82.84	10.1	8.2
80-84	89.64	127.30	7.8	6.2
85-89	137.39	188.09	5.8	4.6
90-94	203.48	271.79	4.3	3.4
95-99	290.66	377.04	3.2	2.6
100+	407.40	501.30	2.5	2.0

Mortality in Bahamas by year

Mortality in Bahamas, 1974

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