Life expectancy at birth in Belize was 65.8 years in 1976: 67.8 for women and 63.8 for men, a gap of 4.0 years. 1,075 people died; 34.1% of them were 65 or older and 37.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

65.8

Women

67.8

Men

63.8

Life expectancy at 65

14.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

59.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

75.9

Deaths

1,075

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.1

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

211

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

153

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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.

WomenMen

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	56.64	67.44	67.8	63.8
1-4	4.29	4.63	70.7	67.2
5-9	1.25	1.37	67.9	64.4
10-14	0.87	1.00	63.3	59.9
15-19	1.16	1.58	58.6	55.1
20-24	1.40	2.18	53.9	50.6
25-29	1.58	2.31	49.3	46.1
30-34	1.91	2.64	44.7	41.6
35-39	2.47	3.36	40.1	37.1
40-44	3.34	4.57	35.5	32.7
45-49	4.58	6.52	31.1	28.4
50-54	6.77	9.77	26.7	24.2
55-59	10.01	14.46	22.6	20.3
60-64	16.13	22.42	18.6	16.6
65-69	26.02	34.75	14.9	13.3
70-74	43.50	55.09	11.7	10.4
75-79	70.85	87.05	8.9	7.9
80-84	113.13	135.61	6.6	5.8
85-89	174.95	205.69	4.9	4.3
90-94	254.46	295.60	3.6	3.2
95-99	356.26	406.20	2.7	2.4
100+	477.99	530.48	2.1	1.9

Mortality in Belize by year

Mortality in Belize, 1976

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