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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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