Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1978

Life expectancy: 67.3

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-5 -1 1978 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 67.3 years in 1978: 68.4 for women and 65.9 for men, a gap of 2.5 years. 815 people died; 50.4% of them were 65 or older and 25.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1978

Life expectancy at birth

67.3

Women

68.4

Men

65.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

47.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.9

Deaths

815

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.9

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

189

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

160

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1978's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1978

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	46.26	52.19	68.4	65.9
1-4	3.78	3.94	70.6	68.4
5-9	0.60	0.50	67.7	65.5
10-14	0.33	0.49	62.9	60.6
15-19	0.43	0.78	58.0	55.8
20-24	0.55	0.92	53.1	51.0
25-29	0.83	1.36	48.2	46.2
30-34	0.79	2.04	43.4	41.5
35-39	2.08	3.10	38.6	36.9
40-44	3.80	4.43	34.0	32.4
45-49	5.48	6.11	29.6	28.1
50-54	8.97	9.57	25.3	23.9
55-59	11.95	13.54	21.4	19.9
60-64	18.14	22.22	17.5	16.1
65-69	28.34	36.34	13.9	12.7
70-74	49.25	59.23	10.7	9.8
75-79	83.98	96.47	7.9	7.3
80-84	135.74	151.99	5.8	5.3
85-89	208.72	236.10	4.2	3.8
90-94	300.22	335.79	3.1	2.8
95-99	412.41	452.84	2.4	2.2
100+	539.43	579.91	1.9	1.7

Mortality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines by year

Mortality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1978

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