Life expectancy at birth in United States Virgin Islands was 68.5 years in 1979: 72.1 for women and 65.0 for men, a gap of 7.2 years. 592 people died; 44.5% of them were 65 or older and 10.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1979

Life expectancy at birth

68.5

Women

72.1

Men

65.0

Life expectancy at 65

13.5

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

23.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

27.7

Deaths

592

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.3

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

254

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

134

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1979's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1979

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	20.08	27.07	72.2	65.0
1-4	1.09	1.24	72.6	65.7
5-9	0.54	1.42	68.9	62.0
10-14	0.43	1.23	64.1	57.5
15-19	0.72	1.98	59.2	52.8
20-24	1.01	2.82	54.4	48.3
25-29	1.22	2.93	49.7	43.9
30-34	1.50	3.30	45.0	39.6
35-39	1.97	4.14	40.3	35.2
40-44	2.74	5.62	35.7	30.9
45-49	4.12	8.01	31.1	26.7
50-54	6.18	11.85	26.7	22.6
55-59	9.40	17.85	22.5	18.9
60-64	14.99	27.13	18.4	15.4
65-69	25.22	41.24	14.7	12.3
70-74	43.32	63.94	11.3	9.5
75-79	73.89	100.13	8.4	7.1
80-84	126.06	155.92	6.0	5.2
85-89	200.26	239.38	4.3	3.7
90-94	303.18	366.71	3.1	2.6
95-99	455.54	505.38	2.2	2.0
100+	612.00	653.47	1.6	1.5

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands by year

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands, 1979

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