Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 61.4 years in 1958: 62.9 for women and 60.0 for men, a gap of 2.9 years. 7,295 people died; 32.6% of them were 65 or older and 29.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1958

Life expectancy at birth

61.4

Women

62.9

Men

60.0

Life expectancy at 65

10.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

61.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

73.0

Deaths

7,295

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.1

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

282

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

241

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1958's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1958

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	59.03	68.81	63.0	60.0
1-4	3.14	3.27	65.7	63.2
5-9	0.72	0.81	62.5	60.0
10-14	0.65	0.97	57.7	55.2
15-19	1.01	1.38	52.9	50.5
20-24	1.72	1.80	48.2	45.8
25-29	2.27	2.22	43.6	41.2
30-34	2.84	2.75	39.0	36.7
35-39	3.78	4.06	34.6	32.1
40-44	5.48	5.99	30.2	27.7
45-49	7.67	9.88	25.9	23.5
50-54	12.37	15.11	21.8	19.5
55-59	17.89	23.02	18.1	15.9
60-64	26.78	36.09	14.5	12.5
65-69	60.67	79.22	11.2	9.5
70-74	73.29	97.02	9.3	7.9
75-79	97.71	125.62	7.4	6.4
80-84	144.95	174.51	5.6	4.9
85-89	214.36	243.28	4.1	3.8
90-94	309.29	339.76	3.1	2.8
95-99	425.42	454.61	2.3	2.2
100+	554.91	577.97	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 1958

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