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Mortality in Bahamas, The, by the numbers

Bahamas, The sits in Latin America & Caribbean. A newborn there can expect about 74.7 years of life, 106th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Bahamas, The, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
74.7 yrs
106th of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
7.3 yrs
29th highest of 212
Suicide rate
3.3 /100k
35th lowest of 182

16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Bahamas, The ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 74.7 yrs 106 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 8.7 /1,000 84 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 8.8 /1,000 64 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 18.6 yrs 78 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 86.4 /1,000 53 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 7.3 yrs 29 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 73.0 men/100 women 58 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 11.1 /1,000 103 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 76.0 /100k 73 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 20.4 % 73 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 3.3 /100k 148 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 7.7 /100k 138 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 3.7 L 105 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 11.8 % 83 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $2,262 37 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $39,455 41 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Bahamas, The's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 29th highest life-expectancy gap in the world (7.3 yrs) and the 35th lowest suicide rate in the world (3.3 /100k). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Bahamas, The; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.