Life expectancy at birth in United States Virgin Islands was 61.5 years in 1953: 66.9 for women and 56.5 for men, a gap of 10.5 years. 331 people died; 45.6% of them were 65 or older and 20.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1953

Life expectancy at birth

61.5

Women

66.9

Men

56.5

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

53.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

70.8

Deaths

331

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.5

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

368

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

180

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1953's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1953

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	46.82	64.41	66.9	56.5
1-4	4.10	5.22	69.1	59.1
5-9	1.01	3.04	66.2	56.3
10-14	0.82	2.44	61.5	52.2
15-19	1.29	3.60	56.8	47.8
20-24	1.77	5.16	52.1	43.6
25-29	2.08	5.59	47.6	39.7
30-34	2.45	6.37	43.0	35.7
35-39	3.03	7.72	38.5	31.8
40-44	3.93	9.77	34.1	27.9
45-49	5.47	12.52	29.7	24.2
50-54	7.90	17.17	25.4	20.6
55-59	11.61	23.67	21.4	17.2
60-64	18.17	34.49	17.5	14.1
65-69	29.43	50.03	13.9	11.2
70-74	49.16	74.82	10.7	8.7
75-79	81.63	114.28	8.0	6.6
80-84	135.06	171.80	5.8	4.9
85-89	209.69	255.43	4.1	3.6
90-94	327.35	379.55	2.9	2.5
95-99	458.85	510.53	2.1	1.9
100+	608.79	648.21	1.6	1.5

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands by year

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands, 1953

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