Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 66.0 years in 1976: 68.5 for women and 63.6 for men, a gap of 4.9 years. 7,718 people died; 43.7% of them were 65 or older and 16.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1976

Life expectancy at birth

66.0

Women

68.5

Men

63.6

Life expectancy at 65

12.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

38.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

44.5

Deaths

7,718

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.2

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

266

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

184

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1976's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1976

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	36.04	42.81	68.5	63.6
1-4	1.60	1.69	70.0	65.3
5-9	0.51	0.71	66.4	61.8
10-14	0.40	0.59	61.6	57.0
15-19	0.65	1.22	56.7	52.1
20-24	0.79	1.52	51.9	47.4
25-29	1.14	1.93	47.1	42.8
30-34	1.57	2.39	42.4	38.2
35-39	2.59	3.75	37.7	33.6
40-44	3.78	5.39	33.1	29.2
45-49	5.74	9.03	28.7	24.9
50-54	10.16	14.85	24.5	20.9
55-59	14.08	21.61	20.6	17.4
60-64	22.66	33.04	16.9	14.0
65-69	38.95	54.34	13.6	11.1
70-74	50.07	77.30	11.0	8.8
75-79	73.98	111.61	8.5	6.8
80-84	122.63	160.89	6.1	5.2
85-89	198.80	231.55	4.4	3.9
90-94	295.68	328.33	3.2	2.9
95-99	415.80	444.38	2.3	2.2
100+	552.06	570.74	1.8	1.8

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 1976

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