Life expectancy at birth in United States Virgin Islands was 63.7 years in 1966: 66.5 for women and 61.0 for men, a gap of 5.5 years. 441 people died; 36.7% of them were 65 or older and 19.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1966

Life expectancy at birth

63.7

Women

66.5

Men

61.0

Life expectancy at 65

12.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

31.8

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

39.0

Deaths

441

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.5

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

321

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

219

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1966's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1966

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

Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	29.20	36.10	66.5	61.0
1-4	1.85	1.90	67.4	62.2
5-9	1.62	2.23	63.9	58.7
10-14	1.18	1.91	59.4	54.3
15-19	1.90	2.89	54.8	49.8
20-24	2.55	4.12	50.3	45.5
25-29	2.95	4.40	45.9	41.4
30-34	3.43	5.00	41.5	37.2
35-39	4.09	6.13	37.2	33.1
40-44	5.05	7.95	32.9	29.1
45-49	6.63	10.59	28.7	25.1
50-54	9.36	14.95	24.6	21.4
55-59	13.40	21.31	20.6	17.8
60-64	20.70	31.56	16.9	14.5
65-69	32.59	46.63	13.4	11.6
70-74	53.37	70.74	10.3	9.0
75-79	86.99	109.11	7.7	6.8
80-84	140.94	166.31	5.6	5.0
85-89	215.66	250.50	4.1	3.6
90-94	330.45	376.91	2.9	2.6
95-99	458.77	512.46	2.1	1.9
100+	604.71	655.09	1.7	1.5

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands by year

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands, 1966

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