Life expectancy at birth in Bahamas was 72.1 years in 1999: 75.7 for women and 68.8 for men, a gap of 6.8 years. 2,085 people died; 46.1% of them were 65 or older and 4.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 65-69. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1999

Life expectancy at birth

72.1

Women

75.7

Men

68.8

Life expectancy at 65

17.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

14.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

16.6

Deaths

2,085

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.5

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

252

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

146

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1999's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1999

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	13.22	15.63	75.7	68.8
1-4	0.59	0.60	75.7	68.9
5-9	0.36	0.52	71.8	65.1
10-14	0.28	0.34	67.0	60.2
15-19	0.43	1.21	62.1	55.3
20-24	0.97	2.13	57.2	50.6
25-29	1.75	3.13	52.5	46.2
30-34	2.62	4.44	47.9	41.9
35-39	3.12	5.76	43.5	37.7
40-44	3.81	6.84	39.1	33.8
45-49	4.79	8.17	34.8	29.8
50-54	6.16	11.17	30.6	26.0
55-59	7.97	15.06	26.5	22.3
60-64	11.50	19.07	22.5	18.9
65-69	19.64	30.77	18.6	15.5
70-74	30.29	43.25	15.3	12.7
75-79	40.86	57.78	12.4	10.1
80-84	64.01	92.26	9.6	7.7
85-89	100.11	139.61	7.3	5.8
90-94	148.55	202.33	5.5	4.4
95-99	214.50	283.80	4.2	3.3
100+	316.66	393.76	3.2	2.5

Mortality in Bahamas by year

Mortality in Bahamas, 1999

Year

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