Life expectancy at birth in Guadeloupe was 63.1 years in 1966: 65.8 for women and 60.3 for men, a gap of 5.4 years. 2,856 people died; 36.7% of them were 65 or older and 22.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

63.1

Women

65.8

Men

60.3

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

59.7

Deaths

2,856

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.3

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

335

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

238

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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	43.97	51.76	65.8	60.4
1-4	3.53	3.68	67.7	62.5
5-9	0.90	1.24	64.6	59.4
10-14	0.73	0.99	59.9	54.8
15-19	1.12	1.82	55.1	50.0
20-24	1.74	2.91	50.4	45.4
25-29	2.42	3.73	45.8	41.1
30-34	3.32	4.61	41.3	36.8
35-39	4.78	6.03	37.0	32.6
40-44	6.10	8.29	32.8	28.5
45-49	8.69	12.44	28.8	24.6
50-54	11.08	17.40	24.9	21.0
55-59	15.10	24.31	21.2	17.7
60-64	22.18	33.34	17.7	14.7
65-69	30.78	45.05	14.4	11.9
70-74	46.70	68.79	11.4	9.2
75-79	73.51	104.72	8.8	7.0
80-84	115.87	158.86	6.6	5.2
85-89	173.21	231.46	4.9	3.9
90-94	256.65	336.06	3.6	2.8
95-99	361.46	464.59	2.7	2.1
100+	489.24	600.28	2.0	1.7

Mortality in Guadeloupe by year

Mortality in Guadeloupe, 1966

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