Life expectancy at birth in United States Virgin Islands was 58.9 years in 1952: 62.4 for women and 55.5 for men, a gap of 6.9 years. 363 people died; 40.5% of them were 65 or older and 17.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1952

Life expectancy at birth

58.9

Women

62.4

Men

55.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

55.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

74.2

Deaths

363

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.9

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

385

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

259

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1952's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1952

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.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	48.97	66.95	62.4	55.5
1-4	4.45	5.58	64.5	58.2
5-9	2.27	3.30	61.6	55.5
10-14	1.69	2.64	57.3	51.4
15-19	2.58	3.88	52.8	47.0
20-24	3.41	5.55	48.4	42.9
25-29	3.91	6.04	44.2	39.0
30-34	4.51	6.90	40.0	35.1
35-39	5.24	8.32	35.9	31.3
40-44	6.25	10.46	31.8	27.5
45-49	7.85	13.25	27.7	23.9
50-54	10.89	18.01	23.7	20.3
55-59	15.26	24.59	19.9	17.0
60-64	23.35	35.67	16.2	13.9
65-69	35.86	51.46	12.9	11.1
70-74	57.75	76.62	10.0	8.6
75-79	92.57	116.68	7.5	6.5
80-84	147.42	174.66	5.5	4.8
85-89	222.27	258.68	4.0	3.5
90-94	336.20	382.89	2.8	2.5
95-99	461.87	513.65	2.1	1.9
100+	604.81	649.90	1.7	1.5

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands by year

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands, 1952

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