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Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population

DEFINITION: The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Bermuda 80.71 years 2011
2 Cayman Islands 80.68 years 2011
3 Panama 77.79 years 2011
4 Costa Rica 77.72 years 2011
=5 Cuba 77.7 years 2011
=5 Chile 77.7 years 2011
7 Dominican Republic 77.31 years 2011
8 Argentina 76.95 years 2011
9 Saint Lucia 76.84 years 2011
10 Mexico 76.47 years 2011
11 Uruguay 76.21 years 2011
12 Paraguay 76.19 years 2011
13 Dominica 75.98 years 2011
14 Ecuador 75.73 years 2011
15 Aruba 75.72 years 2011
16 Antigua and Barbuda 75.48 years 2011
17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 74.6 years 2011
18 Colombia 74.55 years 2011
19 Barbados 74.34 years 2011
20 Suriname 74.22 years 2011
21 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 74.15 years 2011
22 Venezuela 73.93 years 2011
23 Jamaica 73.45 years 2011
24 El Salvador 73.44 years 2011
25 Grenada 73.04 years 2011
26 Brazil 72.53 years 2011
27 Peru 72.47 years 2011
28 Nicaragua 71.9 years 2011
29 Trinidad and Tobago 71.37 years 2011
30 The Bahamas 71.18 years 2011
31 Guatemala 70.88 years 2011
32 Honduras 70.61 years 2011
33 Belize 68.23 years 2011
34 Bolivia 67.57 years 2011
35 Guyana 67.08 years 2011
36 Haiti 62.17 years 2011

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Latin America and Caribbean Compared by Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population

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Interesting observations about Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population

  • Macau ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Hot countries in 2011.
  • Monaco ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Christian countries in 2011.
  • Jordan ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Muslim countries in 2011.
  • Japan ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2011.
  • Singapore ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Former British colonies in 2011.
  • Italy ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst European Union in 2011.
  • Chile ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Emerging markets in 2011.
  • San Marino ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Catholic countries in 2011.
  • Canada ranked second for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Cold countries in 2011.
  • Australia ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Sparsely populated countries in 2011.
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