Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 67.8 years in 1994: 70.4 for women and 65.3 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 8,660 people died; 49.3% of them were 65 or older and 7.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1994

Life expectancy at birth

67.8

Women

70.4

Men

65.3

Life expectancy at 65

12.8

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

25.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

28.7

Deaths

8,660

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.7

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

253

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

174

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1994's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1994

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	23.02	27.97	70.4	65.3
1-4	0.93	0.99	71.0	66.2
5-9	0.29	0.37	67.2	62.4
10-14	0.35	0.45	62.3	57.5
15-19	0.67	1.05	57.4	52.7
20-24	1.02	1.90	52.6	47.9
25-29	1.21	2.50	47.9	43.4
30-34	1.59	3.05	43.2	38.9
35-39	1.99	3.61	38.5	34.4
40-44	2.96	4.70	33.8	30.0
45-49	5.05	7.92	29.3	25.7
50-54	9.12	12.78	25.0	21.6
55-59	14.48	20.75	21.0	17.8
60-64	21.11	29.40	17.4	14.5
65-69	31.23	47.06	14.1	11.4
70-74	50.22	79.44	11.0	8.8
75-79	77.87	113.93	8.4	6.8
80-84	120.11	157.67	6.3	5.3
85-89	185.51	220.24	4.6	4.1
90-94	282.77	315.70	3.3	3.0
95-99	426.37	431.46	2.3	2.3
100+	648.55	559.66	1.5	1.8

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 1994

Year

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