Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 64.9 years in 1971: 67.3 for women and 62.6 for men, a gap of 4.7 years. 7,906 people died; 43.9% of them were 65 or older and 17.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1971

Life expectancy at birth

64.9

Women

67.3

Men

62.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.1

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

43.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

50.5

Deaths

7,906

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.9

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

272

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

201

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1971's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1971

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

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	40.97	48.37	67.3	62.6
1-4	1.90	1.99	69.1	64.7
5-9	0.55	0.73	65.6	61.2
10-14	0.53	0.70	60.8	56.4
15-19	0.80	1.20	56.0	51.6
20-24	1.07	1.70	51.2	46.9
25-29	1.36	2.23	46.4	42.2
30-34	2.16	2.71	41.7	37.7
35-39	2.92	3.96	37.2	33.2
40-44	3.94	5.56	32.7	28.8
45-49	6.42	9.94	28.3	24.5
50-54	10.90	14.78	24.1	20.6
55-59	15.36	21.19	20.3	17.0
60-64	23.00	33.85	16.7	13.6
65-69	38.85	57.18	13.4	10.7
70-74	51.81	86.79	10.8	8.4
75-79	78.06	118.72	8.2	6.6
80-84	127.12	166.55	6.0	5.1
85-89	203.01	234.41	4.3	3.9
90-94	300.07	330.66	3.1	2.9
95-99	419.90	456.69	2.3	2.2
100+	555.03	588.37	1.8	1.7

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 1971

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