Life expectancy at birth in Bahamas was 70.7 years in 1989: 74.4 for women and 67.4 for men, a gap of 7.1 years. 1,663 people died; 42.5% of them were 65 or older and 8.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1989

Life expectancy at birth

70.7

Women

74.4

Men

67.4

Life expectancy at 65

16.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

20.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

24.4

Deaths

1,663

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

253

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

143

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1989's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1989

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	19.44	23.10	74.4	67.4
1-4	0.89	0.92	74.9	67.9
5-9	0.37	0.60	71.1	64.2
10-14	0.41	0.49	66.3	59.3
15-19	0.55	1.22	61.4	54.5
20-24	0.77	2.22	56.6	49.8
25-29	1.42	2.67	51.8	45.3
30-34	1.91	3.43	47.1	40.9
35-39	2.48	4.25	42.6	36.6
40-44	3.41	5.85	38.0	32.3
45-49	4.39	8.89	33.7	28.2
50-54	6.50	12.17	29.3	24.3
55-59	9.45	17.62	25.2	20.7
60-64	15.34	24.26	21.3	17.4
65-69	21.98	36.40	17.8	14.3
70-74	31.56	48.82	14.6	11.6
75-79	46.36	68.50	11.7	9.2
80-84	71.02	107.92	9.0	6.9
85-89	109.65	162.06	6.9	5.2
90-94	162.62	234.54	5.2	3.9
95-99	234.15	327.37	3.9	2.9
100+	340.31	444.44	2.9	2.3

Mortality in Bahamas by year

Mortality in Bahamas, 1989

Year

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