Life expectancy at birth in United States Virgin Islands was 65.5 years in 1972: 68.5 for women and 62.8 for men, a gap of 5.7 years. 534 people died; 37.2% of them were 65 or older and 16.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1972

Life expectancy at birth

65.5

Women

68.5

Men

62.8

Life expectancy at 65

12.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

26.5

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

32.0

Deaths

534

Deaths per 1,000 people

7.4

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

293

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

192

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1972's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1972

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	23.88	30.21	68.5	62.8
1-4	1.28	1.56	69.1	63.7
5-9	1.21	1.87	65.5	60.1
10-14	0.89	1.62	60.9	55.6
15-19	1.48	2.49	56.1	51.0
20-24	2.01	3.56	51.5	46.6
25-29	2.35	3.76	47.0	42.4
30-34	2.76	4.26	42.5	38.2
35-39	3.36	5.27	38.1	34.0
40-44	4.28	6.94	33.7	29.8
45-49	5.84	9.49	29.4	25.8
50-54	8.36	13.64	25.2	21.9
55-59	12.18	19.86	21.1	18.3
60-64	18.98	29.71	17.3	14.9
65-69	30.44	44.39	13.7	11.9
70-74	50.50	67.93	10.6	9.2
75-79	83.33	105.41	7.9	6.9
80-84	136.87	162.05	5.7	5.1
85-89	211.53	245.98	4.1	3.7
90-94	327.94	372.78	2.9	2.6
95-99	458.32	509.74	2.1	1.9
100+	606.87	654.54	1.7	1.5

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands by year

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands, 1972

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