Life Expectancy at Birth
Years
1970 |
1975 |
1980 |
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
2000 |
2010 |
||
Anguilla |
.. |
.. |
.. |
72 |
75 |
76 |
77 |
77 |
78 |
80 |
|
Antigua & Barbuda |
.. |
.. |
.. |
70 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
74 |
|
Aruba |
.. |
.. |
.. |
75 |
76 |
77 |
77 |
77 |
77 |
78 |
|
Bahamas |
.. |
.. |
67 |
69 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
77 |
|
Barbados |
.. |
.. |
72 |
72 |
72 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
77 |
|
Belize |
.. |
.. |
65 |
66 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
71 |
|
Cuba |
.. |
.. |
.. |
75 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
76 |
77 |
|
Dominica |
.. |
.. |
.. |
75 |
76 |
77 |
77 |
78 |
78 |
80 |
|
Dominican Republic |
.. |
.. |
63 |
65 |
67 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
73 |
|
French Guiana |
.. |
.. |
.. |
72 |
74 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
77 |
79 |
|
Grenada |
.. |
.. |
.. |
68 |
69 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
74 |
|
Guadeloupe |
.. |
69 |
.. |
73 |
75 |
77 |
77 |
78 |
78 |
80 |
|
Guyana |
.. |
.. |
62 |
63 |
64 |
64 |
63 |
63 |
61 |
51 |
|
Haiti |
48 |
.. |
.. |
51 |
50 |
51 |
51 |
51 |
52 |
54 |
|
Jamaica |
67 |
.. |
.. |
72 |
73 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
78 |
|
Martinique |
.. |
.. |
.. |
76 |
77 |
79 |
79 |
79 |
79 |
81 |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
.. |
.. |
.. |
75 |
74 |
73 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
76 |
|
St. Kitts & Nevis |
.. |
.. |
64 |
66 |
65 |
67 |
67 |
67 |
68 |
72 |
|
St. Lucia |
.. |
.. |
69 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
74 |
|
St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
.. |
.. |
68 |
71 |
71 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
74 |
77 |
|
Suriname |
.. |
.. |
65 |
67 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
74 |
|
Trinidad & Tobago |
.. |
.. |
67 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
|
Turks & Caicos Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
71 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
|
British Virgin Islands |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
72 |
75 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
77 |
|
Caribbean |
.. |
.. |
.. |
64 |
64 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
|
Costa Rica |
.. |
.. |
.. |
75 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
77 |
|
El Salvador |
55 |
57 |
56 |
63 |
66 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
74 |
|
Guatemala |
52 |
56 |
57 |
61 |
63 |
65 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
70 |
|
Honduras |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
65 |
66 |
66 |
65 |
64 |
60 |
|
Nicaragua |
.. |
54 |
56 |
59 |
63 |
65 |
66 |
66 |
68 |
72 |
|
Panama |
.. |
68 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
77 |
|
Central America |
.. |
.. |
.. |
63 |
65 |
66 |
66 |
66 |
67 |
69 |
|
Argentina |
.. |
.. |
70 |
72 |
72 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
77 |
|
Bolivia |
47 |
48 |
51 |
54 |
56 |
59 |
60 |
60 |
62 |
67 |
|
Brazil |
58 |
60 |
63 |
65 |
67 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
64 |
68 |
|
Chile |
.. |
.. |
.. |
71 |
72 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
78 |
|
Colombia |
.. |
60 |
64 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
74 |
|
Ecuador |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
69 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
73 |
76 |
|
Paraguay |
.. |
67 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
73 |
75 |
|
Peru |
.. |
56 |
57 |
62 |
66 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
74 |
|
Uruguay |
.. |
.. |
.. |
72 |
73 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
79 |
|
Venezuela |
.. |
66 |
68 |
.. |
71 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
73 |
76 |
|
South America |
.. |
.. |
.. |
59 |
66 |
66 |
66 |
65 |
66 |
69 |
|
Mexico |
61 |
.. |
67 |
68 |
68 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
75 |
|
LAC |
.. |
.. |
.. |
64 |
66 |
67 |
67 |
67 |
67 |
70 |
Sources Center for International Health Information (CIHI). Country estimates compiled from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base, 1997.
Definition Life expectancy at birth is the average number of years a person can expect to live at current levels of mortality.
Notes Regional averages are weighted by the estimated number of live births. Data are missing for many countries prior to 1985, unlike the life expectancy at birth table that appeared in the 1997 LAC Databook. This arises from a change in sources as CIHI is in the process of shifting from UN to superior Bureau of the Census estimates and projections. At present, the Bureau of the Census time-series data are not complete. As a result data are missing for many countries prior t o 1985.
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