Life expectancy at birth in Grenada was 67.6 years in 1973: 69.8 for women and 64.9 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 613 people died; 35.8% of them were 65 or older and 22.8% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1973

Life expectancy at birth

67.6

Women

69.8

Men

64.9

Life expectancy at 65

15.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

35.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.8

Deaths

613

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.2

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

289

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

187

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1973's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1973

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	33.46	39.13	69.8	64.9
1-4	2.46	2.53	71.1	66.5
5-9	2.35	3.62	67.8	63.1
10-14	1.76	2.31	63.6	59.2
15-19	1.29	1.88	59.1	54.9
20-24	1.26	2.00	54.5	50.4
25-29	0.49	0.76	49.8	45.9
30-34	1.09	1.38	45.0	41.1
35-39	1.20	1.36	40.2	36.3
40-44	1.84	2.63	35.4	31.6
45-49	6.60	8.04	30.7	26.9
50-54	6.87	9.82	26.7	22.9
55-59	20.65	40.13	22.5	18.9
60-64	12.63	19.37	19.7	17.6
65-69	10.52	13.69	15.8	14.2
70-74	36.39	51.01	11.5	10.0
75-79	75.68	99.73	8.3	7.1
80-84	131.53	163.45	5.9	5.2
85-89	201.55	230.15	4.3	3.9
90-94	305.55	336.52	3.1	2.8
95-99	428.81	454.83	2.3	2.2
100+	568.96	586.44	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Grenada by year

Mortality in Grenada, 1973

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