Life expectancy at birth in Bahamas was 71.3 years in 1992: 74.9 for women and 68.0 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 1,781 people died; 43.3% of them were 65 or older and 8.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1992

Life expectancy at birth

71.3

Women

74.9

Men

68.0

Life expectancy at 65

16.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

18.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

21.6

Deaths

1,781

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

250

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

147

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1992's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1992

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	17.08	20.31	74.9	68.0
1-4	0.80	0.82	75.2	68.4
5-9	0.31	0.55	71.4	64.6
10-14	0.25	0.44	66.5	59.8
15-19	0.48	1.10	61.6	54.9
20-24	0.96	1.96	56.8	50.2
25-29	1.51	2.89	52.0	45.6
30-34	2.24	3.81	47.4	41.3
35-39	3.13	5.06	42.9	37.0
40-44	3.45	6.16	38.5	32.9
45-49	4.56	8.83	34.2	28.8
50-54	6.08	11.44	29.9	25.0
55-59	9.29	16.35	25.7	21.3
60-64	13.10	21.58	21.8	17.9
65-69	19.60	34.33	18.1	14.7
70-74	31.26	46.27	14.7	12.0
75-79	45.26	65.06	11.8	9.4
80-84	69.57	103.30	9.2	7.1
85-89	107.61	155.61	7.0	5.3
90-94	159.65	225.32	5.2	4.0
95-99	230.00	315.09	3.9	3.0
100+	335.44	430.22	3.0	2.3

Mortality in Bahamas by year

Mortality in Bahamas, 1992

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