Life expectancy at birth in Grenada was 60.3 years in 1957: 61.6 for women and 58.5 for men, a gap of 3.1 years. 998 people died; 28.9% of them were 65 or older and 45.0% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1957

Life expectancy at birth

60.3

Women

61.6

Men

58.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

80.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

111.9

Deaths

998

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.3

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

283

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

224

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1957's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1957

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	81.08	89.34	61.6	58.5
1-4	8.94	8.59	65.7	62.9
5-9	0.92	1.12	64.1	61.0
10-14	0.58	0.61	59.3	56.3
15-19	1.26	1.55	54.5	51.5
20-24	1.96	2.44	49.8	46.9
25-29	3.13	3.03	45.3	42.4
30-34	3.55	3.77	41.0	38.0
35-39	4.22	5.30	36.7	33.7
40-44	5.66	7.36	32.4	29.5
45-49	7.27	10.08	28.2	25.5
50-54	9.95	13.26	24.2	21.7
55-59	13.62	19.73	20.3	18.0
60-64	20.98	31.56	16.5	14.6
65-69	31.65	43.63	13.1	11.7
70-74	57.13	71.08	9.9	9.0
75-79	96.71	110.49	7.3	6.7
80-84	151.17	168.99	5.4	5.0
85-89	224.37	249.88	4.0	3.7
90-94	314.27	347.80	3.0	2.8
95-99	423.28	462.72	2.3	2.1
100+	544.48	585.27	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Grenada by year

Mortality in Grenada, 1957

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