Life expectancy at birth in United States Virgin Islands was 64.8 years in 1965: 69.2 for women and 60.5 for men, a gap of 8.7 years. 401 people died; 36.8% of them were 65 or older and 21.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1965

Life expectancy at birth

64.8

Women

69.2

Men

60.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.0

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

33.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

40.7

Deaths

401

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.3

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

328

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

168

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1965's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1965

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	30.42	37.38	69.2	60.6
1-4	1.93	2.05	70.4	61.8
5-9	0.87	2.33	66.9	58.3
10-14	0.68	1.99	62.2	54.0
15-19	1.11	2.99	57.4	49.5
20-24	1.54	4.27	52.7	45.2
25-29	1.82	4.58	48.1	41.1
30-34	2.17	5.20	43.5	37.0
35-39	2.73	6.36	38.9	32.9
40-44	3.61	8.22	34.4	28.9
45-49	5.12	10.88	30.0	25.0
50-54	7.48	15.29	25.7	21.2
55-59	11.08	21.69	21.6	17.7
60-64	17.43	32.04	17.7	14.5
65-69	28.49	47.20	14.1	11.5
70-74	47.92	71.45	10.8	8.9
75-79	80.10	110.04	8.1	6.7
80-84	133.47	167.38	5.8	5.0
85-89	208.39	251.63	4.2	3.6
90-94	327.05	377.90	2.9	2.6
95-99	460.13	513.07	2.1	1.9
100+	611.96	655.09	1.6	1.5

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands by year

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands, 1965

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