Caribbean Mortality 1960: Deaths by Age and Life Expectancy

Caribbean

1960

Life expectancy: 57.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1960 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Caribbean was 57.1 years in 1960: 59.1 for women and 55.3 for men, a gap of 3.9 years. 253,856 people died; 22.5% of them were 65 or older and 46.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1960

Life expectancy at birth

57.1

Women

59.1

Men

55.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

98.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

149.2

Deaths

253,856

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.2

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

284

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

224

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1960's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1960

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	96.60	113.89	59.1	55.3
1-4	14.28	15.19	64.0	60.7
5-9	1.85	2.15	63.6	60.4
10-14	1.34	1.47	59.2	56.1
15-19	2.02	2.38	54.6	51.5
20-24	2.70	3.49	50.1	47.0
25-29	3.08	3.87	45.8	42.8
30-34	3.56	4.27	41.4	38.6
35-39	4.24	5.20	37.1	34.4
40-44	5.19	6.67	32.9	30.2
45-49	6.73	9.09	28.7	26.2
50-54	9.50	13.12	24.6	22.3
55-59	13.65	18.68	20.6	18.6
60-64	20.78	28.21	16.9	15.2
65-69	32.96	42.91	13.5	12.1
70-74	52.98	65.95	10.4	9.4
75-79	85.56	101.89	7.8	7.0
80-84	137.20	159.26	5.7	5.2
85-89	212.53	242.85	4.1	3.7
90-94	319.02	357.29	3.0	2.7
95-99	440.60	476.17	2.2	2.1
100+	546.69	580.65	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Caribbean by year

Mortality in Caribbean, 1960

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