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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Health Indicators


LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (YEARS)

COUNTRY

1960

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

2020 (Proj.)

Bahamas

63

66

67

69

71

73

73

73

73

73

74

78

Barbados

64

69

70

72

74

75

75

75

76

76

76

79

Cuba

64

70

72

73

74

75

75

75

75

76

76

79

Dominican Republic

52

58

61

64

67

69

69

69

70

70

70

76

Guadeloupe

63

67

69

71

73

74

74

74

75

75

75

79

Haiti

42

47

50

52

54

56

56

56

57

57

58

65

Jamaica

63

67

69

71

72

73

73

73

74

74

74

78

Martinique

63

68

70

73

75

76

76

76

76

76

77

80

Trinidad and Tobago

63

65

66

68

69

71

71

71

72

72

72

77

CARIBBEAN

55.5

61.0

62.4

63.6

65.3

66.7

66.9

67.1

67.3

67.5

67.7

72.2

Belize

61

66

69

71

72

73

73

74

74

74

74

78

Costa Rica

62

67

70

72

75

76

76

76

76

76

77

79

El Salvador

50

57

58

57

60

64

65

66

67

67

67

74

Guatemala

46

52

55

58

60

63

64

64

65

65

66

72

Honduras

46

53

56

60

63

67

67

67

68

68

69

75

Nicaragua

47

54

56

58

61

65

65

66

67

67

68

74

Panama

61

65

68

70

71

72

72

73

73

73

73

77

CENTRAL AMERICA

49.7

55.8

58.1

60.0

62.8

65.9

66.5

67.0

67.5

67.9

68.2

73.8

Argentina

65

67

68

69

71

72

72

72

72

72

73

77

Bolivia

43

46

48

52

55

58

59

59

60

60

60

71

Brazil

55

59

61

63

64

66

66

66

66

67

67

73

Chile

57

62

65

69

72

73

73

74

74

74

74

77

Colombia

57

61

63

66

68

69

69

69

69

70

70

74

Ecuador

53

58

60

63

66

68

68

69

69

69

69

74

Guyana

56

60

60

61

62

64

65

65

65

66

66

72

Paraguay

64

65

66

67

68

69

70

70

70

70

71

76

Peru

48

54

56

59

62

65

65

66

66

66

67

73

Suriname

60

63

65

66

68

70

70

70

70

71

71

76

Uruguay

68

69

69

70

71

72

72

72

72

73

73

74

Venezuela

60

65

67

68

70

71

71

72

72

72

72

77

SOUTH AMERICA

55.5

59.6

61.6

63.7

65.5

67.1

67.4

67.7

67.9

68.2

68.5

74.3

Mexico

57

62

64

67

68

70

70

71

71

71

71

76

LAC REGION

55.4

59.8

62.0

64.0

65.9

67.6

67.9

68.2

68.5

68.7

69.0

74.4

 

Source: Center for International Health Information (CIHI), April 1996.

Estimates and projections of Life Expectancy are based on interpolations between 5-year period estimates drawn from the U.N. World Population Prospects, 1994 Revision.
Definition: The estimated average number of years a newborn can expect to live.
Subregional and regional totals are weighted averages where the weights are the number of live births.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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