Life expectancy at birth in Trinidad and Tobago was 68.3 years in 1998: 70.9 for women and 65.7 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 8,881 people died; 48.4% of them were 65 or older and 6.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 70-74. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1998

Life expectancy at birth

68.3

Women

70.9

Men

65.7

Life expectancy at 65

13.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.9

Deaths

8,881

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.8

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

245

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

165

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1998's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1998

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	22.36	27.27	70.9	65.7
1-4	0.89	0.96	71.5	66.5
5-9	0.30	0.37	67.8	62.8
10-14	0.34	0.40	62.9	57.9
15-19	0.64	0.93	58.0	53.0
20-24	1.11	1.80	53.1	48.2
25-29	1.40	2.33	48.4	43.7
30-34	1.78	3.11	43.7	39.1
35-39	2.23	3.90	39.1	34.7
40-44	3.17	5.14	34.5	30.3
45-49	4.45	6.93	30.0	26.1
50-54	7.76	12.04	25.6	21.9
55-59	13.48	19.97	21.5	18.1
60-64	21.29	30.05	17.9	14.7
65-69	30.68	45.56	14.6	11.7
70-74	43.74	74.22	11.6	9.0
75-79	69.77	109.13	8.8	7.0
80-84	113.93	154.26	6.5	5.4
85-89	183.90	219.30	4.6	4.1
90-94	281.23	315.12	3.3	3.0
95-99	421.56	431.33	2.3	2.3
100+	636.46	560.04	1.6	1.8

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago by year

Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago, 1998

Year

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