Life expectancy at birth in United States Virgin Islands was 71.8 years in 2004: 75.4 for women and 68.4 for men, a gap of 7.0 years. 1,126 people died; 65.3% of them were 65 or older and 1.4% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2004

Life expectancy at birth

71.8

Women

75.4

Men

68.4

Life expectancy at 65

14.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

9.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

11.0

Deaths

1,126

Deaths per 1,000 people

10.4

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

211

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

103

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2004's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2004

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	8.35	10.61	75.4	68.4
1-4	0.43	0.37	75.0	68.2
5-9	0.35	0.89	71.2	64.3
10-14	0.27	0.85	66.3	59.5
15-19	0.47	1.45	61.4	54.8
20-24	0.67	2.06	56.5	50.2
25-29	0.82	2.09	51.7	45.6
30-34	1.03	2.34	46.9	41.1
35-39	1.39	3.00	42.1	36.6
40-44	2.01	4.25	37.4	32.1
45-49	3.14	6.46	32.7	27.7
50-54	4.81	9.99	28.2	23.5
55-59	7.47	15.67	23.8	19.6
60-64	12.03	24.31	19.6	16.0
65-69	20.86	37.77	15.7	12.7
70-74	36.62	59.54	12.1	9.8
75-79	63.94	94.35	9.1	7.4
80-84	111.84	149.31	6.5	5.4
85-89	181.45	232.54	4.6	3.8
90-94	280.66	360.97	3.3	2.7
95-99	430.39	502.48	2.3	2.0
100+	589.76	654.49	1.7	1.5

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands by year

Mortality in United States Virgin Islands, 2004

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