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Life Expectancy in Jamaica vs Switzerland (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 71.9 years in Jamaica vs 84.4 in Switzerland. Jamaica is ranked 126/197 by life expectancy, and Switzerland is 6/197. In Jamaica, the life expectancy is 69.3 years for males and 74.4 years for females. In Switzerland, it's 82.5 years for males and 86.2 years for females.

Jamaica vs Switzerland life expectancy at birth by year chart

Jamaica
Male

Female
Switzerland
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Jamaica Switzerland
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 56.6 55.1 57.9 68.9 66.7 71.1
1951 57.1 55.7 58.5 68.7 66.3 71
1952 58.1 56.6 59.6 69.6 67.2 71.9
1953 58.9 57.3 60.4 69.5 67.1 71.9
1954 59.6 58 61.2 70 67.6 72.3
1955 60.4 58.8 62 70.1 67.7 72.3
1956 61.2 59.5 62.8 70.2 67.7 72.6
1957 61.9 60.2 63.6 70.5 67.8 73.2
1958 62.6 60.8 64.3 71.3 68.6 73.9
1959 63.2 61.4 64.9 71.5 68.7 74.1
1960 63.8 62 65.5 71.4 68.6 74.1
1961 64.3 62.4 65.9 71.7 68.8 74.6
1962 64.6 62.8 66.3 71.3 68.4 74.1
1963 65 63.2 66.7 71.3 68.3 74.2
1964 65.3 63.5 67 72.2 69.2 75.1
1965 65.7 63.8 67.4 72.3 69.5 75.1
1966 65.9 64 67.7 72.4 69.6 75.3
1967 66.1 64.1 67.9 72.7 69.7 75.7
1968 66.3 64.3 68.2 72.7 69.8 75.5
1969 66.5 64.4 68.5 72.7 69.7 75.7
1970 66.7 64.6 68.7 73.1 70 76.2
1971 67 64.8 69 73.2 70.2 76.3
1972 67.3 65.1 69.3 73.8 70.6 76.8
1973 67.6 65.5 69.6 74.1 71 77.1
1974 67.9 65.8 69.9 74.4 71.2 77.6
1975 68.2 66.1 70.1 74.8 71.5 78
1976 68.4 66.4 70.3 74.9 71.6 78.1
1977 68.6 66.6 70.4 75.4 72 78.7
1978 68.7 66.8 70.5 75.3 71.9 78.7
1979 68.8 67 70.5 75.6 72.3 78.8
1980 69 67.2 70.6 75.6 72.2 78.9
1981 69.1 67.5 70.7 75.8 72.4 79.1
1982 69.3 67.7 70.7 76.2 72.8 79.4
1983 69.5 68 71 76.2 72.7 79.6
1984 69.8 68.4 71.2 76.8 73.4 80
1985 70.1 68.7 71.4 76.9 73.5 80.2
1986 70.4 69.2 71.6 77 73.7 80.3
1987 70.9 69.7 71.9 77.3 73.9 80.7
1988 71.2 70.1 72.2 77.4 73.9 80.7
1989 71.5 70.5 72.5 77.6 74.1 80.9
1990 71.7 70.6 72.7 77.4 74 80.7
1991 71.8 70.7 72.8 77.6 74.1 81.1
1992 71.8 70.6 72.9 77.9 74.5 81.3
1993 71.8 70.5 73 78.2 74.9 81.4
1994 71.6 70.3 72.9 78.5 75.1 81.7
1995 71.5 70 72.9 78.6 75.3 81.7
1996 71.3 69.8 72.8 79 75.9 82
1997 71.2 69.6 72.8 79.2 76.2 82
1998 71.2 69.5 72.9 79.5 76.3 82.5
1999 71.2 69.4 73 79.7 76.8 82.5
2000 71.3 69.5 73.1 79.8 76.9 82.6
2001 71.3 69.4 73.2 80.3 77.3 83
2002 71.5 69.5 73.5 80.4 77.7 82.9
2003 71.6 69.5 73.7 80.5 77.9 83
2004 71.5 69.4 73.8 81.1 78.4 83.5
2005 71.5 69.1 74 81.2 78.6 83.7
2006 71.4 68.9 74 81.5 79 83.8
2007 71.4 68.9 74.1 81.7 79.2 84
2008 71.5 69 74.2 82 79.6 84.2
2009 71.7 69.2 74.3 82 79.6 84.2
2010 72 69.6 74.4 82.3 80 84.4
2011 72.2 70 74.6 82.6 80.3 84.7
2012 72.4 70.2 74.6 82.6 80.5 84.6
2013 72.4 70.3 74.5 82.7 80.5 84.7
2014 72.4 70.3 74.4 83.1 80.9 85.1
2015 72.2 70.1 74.3 82.8 80.7 84.9
2016 72.1 69.9 74.2 83.4 81.5 85.2
2017 71.9 69.6 74.1 83.4 81.4 85.4
2018 71.6 69.2 74 83.6 81.6 85.4
2019 71.5 69.1 74 83.8 81.9 85.6
2020 71.5 68.9 74 83.1 81 85.1
2021 69.1 66.7 71.5 83.6 81.6 85.6
2022 71.5 69 74 83.2 81 85.4
2023 71.5 69 74 84 82 85.8
2024 71.6 69.1 74.1 84.1 82.2 85.9
2025 71.7 69.2 74.3 84.2 82.3 86.1
2026 71.9 69.3 74.4 84.4 82.5 86.2

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 61.7 years in Jamaica and 71.1 in Switzerland. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 13.1 healthy years in Jamaica and 19 in Switzerland.

Jamaica vs Switzerland life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Jamaica and Switzerland, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
44.1 vs 54.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
74.1 vs 84.9 years

Median expected age of death:
76.3 vs 87.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Jamaica Switzerland
Male Female Male Female
40 97.6% 98.7% 99.5% 99.7%
50 92.7% 95.8% 98.4% 99.0%
60 82.0% 88.9% 95.3% 97.2%
65 73.1% 82.9% 92.2% 95.3%
70 61.3% 74.0% 87.3% 92.4%
75 46.7% 61.1% 80.1% 87.9%
80 30.5% 44.3% 69.4% 80.4%
85 15.6% 25.6% 52.6% 66.8%
90 5.5% 10.4% 29.9% 44.1%
95 1.2% 2.5% 10.1% 18.4%
100 0.1% 0.3% 1.5% 3.5%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Jamaica vs Switzerland: 74.1 years vs 84.9 at 30, 79.6 vs 86.9 at 65, 86.4 vs 90.1 at 80 — significantly higher than the 71.9 vs 84.4 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Jamaica and Switzerland.

Jamaica
Male

Female
Switzerland
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Jamaica Switzerland
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 71.9 69.3 74.4 84.4 82.5 86.2
1 72.9 70.5 75.4 84.6 82.7 86.4
2 73 70.6 75.5 84.6 82.8 86.5
3 73.1 70.6 75.5 84.6 82.8 86.5
4 73.1 70.7 75.6 84.7 82.8 86.5
5 73.2 70.7 75.6 84.7 82.8 86.5
6 73.2 70.7 75.6 84.7 82.8 86.5
7 73.2 70.8 75.6 84.7 82.8 86.5
8 73.2 70.8 75.7 84.7 82.8 86.5
9 73.2 70.8 75.7 84.7 82.8 86.5
10 73.3 70.8 75.7 84.7 82.8 86.5
11 73.3 70.8 75.7 84.7 82.8 86.5
12 73.3 70.9 75.7 84.7 82.8 86.5
13 73.3 70.9 75.7 84.7 82.8 86.5
14 73.3 70.9 75.7 84.7 82.8 86.5
15 73.4 70.9 75.8 84.7 82.8 86.5
16 73.4 71 75.8 84.7 82.8 86.5
17 73.4 71 75.8 84.7 82.8 86.5
18 73.5 71.1 75.8 84.7 82.9 86.5
19 73.5 71.1 75.9 84.7 82.9 86.5
20 73.6 71.2 75.9 84.8 82.9 86.6
21 73.6 71.3 75.9 84.8 82.9 86.6
22 73.7 71.3 76 84.8 83 86.6
23 73.7 71.4 76 84.8 83 86.6
24 73.8 71.5 76 84.8 83 86.6
25 73.8 71.6 76 84.8 83 86.6
26 73.9 71.6 76.1 84.9 83 86.6
27 73.9 71.7 76.1 84.9 83.1 86.6
28 74 71.8 76.1 84.9 83.1 86.6
29 74.1 71.9 76.2 84.9 83.1 86.6
30 74.1 72 76.2 84.9 83.1 86.6
31 74.2 72 76.3 84.9 83.1 86.7
32 74.2 72.1 76.3 84.9 83.2 86.7
33 74.3 72.2 76.4 85 83.2 86.7
34 74.4 72.3 76.4 85 83.2 86.7
35 74.4 72.4 76.4 85 83.2 86.7
36 74.5 72.5 76.5 85 83.3 86.7
37 74.6 72.6 76.6 85 83.3 86.7
38 74.7 72.7 76.6 85.1 83.3 86.7
39 74.8 72.8 76.7 85.1 83.3 86.8
40 74.8 72.9 76.7 85.1 83.4 86.8
41 74.9 73 76.8 85.1 83.4 86.8
42 75 73.1 76.9 85.2 83.4 86.8
43 75.1 73.2 77 85.2 83.5 86.8
44 75.3 73.3 77.1 85.2 83.5 86.9
45 75.4 73.5 77.2 85.2 83.5 86.9
46 75.5 73.6 77.2 85.3 83.6 86.9
47 75.6 73.8 77.4 85.3 83.6 87
48 75.8 73.9 77.5 85.4 83.7 87
49 75.9 74.1 77.6 85.4 83.7 87
50 76.1 74.3 77.7 85.5 83.8 87.1
51 76.2 74.5 77.8 85.5 83.8 87.1
52 76.4 74.7 78 85.6 83.9 87.2
53 76.6 74.9 78.1 85.6 84 87.2
54 76.8 75.1 78.3 85.7 84.1 87.3
55 77 75.4 78.5 85.8 84.2 87.3
56 77.2 75.6 78.6 85.9 84.3 87.4
57 77.4 75.9 78.8 85.9 84.4 87.4
58 77.7 76.1 79 86 84.5 87.5
59 77.9 76.4 79.2 86.1 84.6 87.6
60 78.2 76.7 79.4 86.2 84.7 87.7
61 78.4 77 79.6 86.3 84.8 87.8
62 78.7 77.4 79.9 86.5 85 87.8
63 79 77.7 80.1 86.6 85.1 87.9
64 79.3 78.1 80.4 86.7 85.3 88
65 79.6 78.4 80.6 86.9 85.4 88.1
66 80 78.8 80.9 87 85.6 88.3
67 80.3 79.2 81.2 87.2 85.8 88.4
68 80.7 79.7 81.5 87.3 86 88.5
69 81 80.1 81.9 87.5 86.2 88.7
70 81.4 80.5 82.2 87.7 86.4 88.8
71 81.9 81 82.6 87.9 86.6 88.9
72 82.3 81.5 82.9 88.1 86.9 89.1
73 82.7 82 83.3 88.3 87.1 89.3
74 83.2 82.5 83.8 88.5 87.4 89.4
75 83.7 83 84.2 88.7 87.7 89.6
76 84.2 83.6 84.7 89 87.9 89.8
77 84.7 84.1 85.1 89.2 88.2 90
78 85.2 84.7 85.6 89.5 88.5 90.2
79 85.8 85.3 86.2 89.8 88.9 90.5
80 86.4 86 86.7 90.1 89.2 90.7
81 87 86.6 87.3 90.4 89.6 91
82 87.6 87.3 87.9 90.7 90 91.3
83 88.3 87.9 88.5 91.1 90.4 91.6
84 88.9 88.6 89.1 91.5 90.8 92
85 89.6 89.4 89.8 91.9 91.3 92.4
86 90.3 90.1 90.5 92.4 91.8 92.8
87 91.1 90.8 91.2 92.9 92.3 93.2
88 91.8 91.6 91.9 93.4 92.9 93.7
89 92.6 92.4 92.7 94 93.5 94.2
90 93.3 93.2 93.4 94.5 94.1 94.8
91 94.1 94 94.2 95.2 94.8 95.4
92 94.9 94.8 95 95.8 95.5 96
93 95.8 95.7 95.8 96.5 96.2 96.6
94 96.6 96.5 96.7 97.2 97 97.3
95 97.5 97.4 97.5 97.9 97.7 98
96 98.3 98.2 98.4 98.7 98.5 98.8
97 99.2 99.1 99.2 99.5 99.3 99.5
98 100.1 100 100.1 100.3 100.2 100.3
99 101 100.9 101 101.1 101 101.2
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 102 101.9 102

Odds of living to age in Jamaica vs Switzerland

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 82.4% in Jamaica and 95.5% in Switzerland are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 65.4% and 89.2% will live to 70 years or older, 36.2% and 74.4% to 80+ years, and 7.63% and 37% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Jamaica
Male

Female
Switzerland
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Jamaica Switzerland
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 98.5% 98.3% 98.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
2 98.4% 98.2% 98.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
3 98.3% 98.1% 98.6% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
4 98.3% 98% 98.5% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
5 98.2% 98% 98.5% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
6 98.2% 97.9% 98.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
7 98.1% 97.9% 98.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
8 98.1% 97.8% 98.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
9 98.1% 97.8% 98.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
10 98% 97.8% 98.3% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
11 98% 97.7% 98.3% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
12 98% 97.7% 98.3% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
13 98% 97.7% 98.3% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
14 97.9% 97.6% 98.2% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
15 97.9% 97.6% 98.2% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
16 97.9% 97.5% 98.2% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
17 97.8% 97.5% 98.1% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
18 97.7% 97.4% 98.1% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
19 97.6% 97.3% 98.1% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
20 97.6% 97.1% 98% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
21 97.5% 97% 98% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
22 97.4% 96.8% 97.9% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
23 97.3% 96.7% 97.8% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
24 97.1% 96.5% 97.8% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
25 97% 96.4% 97.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
26 96.9% 96.2% 97.7% 99.4% 99.2% 99.5%
27 96.8% 96.1% 97.6% 99.3% 99.2% 99.5%
28 96.7% 95.9% 97.5% 99.3% 99.2% 99.5%
29 96.6% 95.7% 97.4% 99.3% 99.1% 99.5%
30 96.4% 95.5% 97.4% 99.3% 99.1% 99.4%
31 96.3% 95.3% 97.3% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
32 96.1% 95.2% 97.2% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
33 96% 95% 97.1% 99.2% 99% 99.4%
34 95.8% 94.8% 97% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
35 95.7% 94.5% 96.9% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
36 95.5% 94.3% 96.7% 99.1% 98.8% 99.3%
37 95.3% 94.1% 96.6% 99% 98.8% 99.3%
38 95.1% 93.8% 96.5% 99% 98.7% 99.2%
39 94.9% 93.5% 96.3% 98.9% 98.7% 99.2%
40 94.6% 93.2% 96.1% 98.9% 98.6% 99.2%
41 94.4% 92.9% 95.9% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
42 94.1% 92.5% 95.7% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
43 93.8% 92.2% 95.5% 98.7% 98.4% 99%
44 93.5% 91.8% 95.3% 98.6% 98.3% 99%
45 93.1% 91.3% 95% 98.5% 98.2% 98.9%
46 92.7% 90.9% 94.7% 98.4% 98.1% 98.8%
47 92.3% 90.4% 94.4% 98.3% 97.9% 98.8%
48 91.9% 89.8% 94% 98.2% 97.8% 98.7%
49 91.4% 89.2% 93.6% 98.1% 97.7% 98.6%
50 90.8% 88.6% 93.2% 98% 97.5% 98.5%
51 90.2% 87.8% 92.8% 97.8% 97.3% 98.4%
52 89.6% 87.1% 92.3% 97.7% 97.1% 98.2%
53 88.9% 86.2% 91.7% 97.5% 96.9% 98.1%
54 88.2% 85.4% 91.2% 97.3% 96.6% 97.9%
55 87.4% 84.4% 90.5% 97% 96.3% 97.8%
56 86.5% 83.3% 89.9% 96.8% 96% 97.6%
57 85.6% 82.2% 89.1% 96.5% 95.7% 97.4%
58 84.6% 81% 88.3% 96.2% 95.3% 97.1%
59 83.6% 79.7% 87.5% 95.9% 94.9% 96.9%
60 82.4% 78.3% 86.6% 95.5% 94.4% 96.6%
61 81.2% 76.9% 85.6% 95.1% 93.9% 96.3%
62 79.9% 75.3% 84.5% 94.7% 93.4% 96%
63 78.4% 73.6% 83.3% 94.2% 92.7% 95.6%
64 76.9% 71.8% 82% 93.6% 92.1% 95.2%
65 75.3% 69.9% 80.7% 93% 91.3% 94.8%
66 73.5% 67.8% 79.2% 92.4% 90.5% 94.3%
67 71.7% 65.7% 77.6% 91.7% 89.6% 93.8%
68 69.7% 63.4% 75.9% 90.9% 88.6% 93.2%
69 67.6% 61.1% 74% 90.1% 87.6% 92.6%
70 65.4% 58.6% 72% 89.2% 86.5% 91.9%
71 63% 56% 69.8% 88.2% 85.3% 91.2%
72 60.5% 53.3% 67.5% 87.2% 84% 90.4%
73 57.9% 50.5% 65% 86% 82.6% 89.5%
74 55.1% 47.6% 62.3% 84.7% 81.1% 88.5%
75 52.2% 44.6% 59.5% 83.4% 79.4% 87.4%
76 49.2% 41.6% 56.5% 81.9% 77.6% 86.2%
77 46% 38.5% 53.4% 80.3% 75.7% 84.9%
78 42.8% 35.4% 50.1% 78.5% 73.6% 83.4%
79 39.5% 32.2% 46.7% 76.6% 71.3% 81.8%
80 36.2% 29.1% 43.1% 74.4% 68.8% 79.9%
81 32.8% 26.1% 39.5% 72% 66% 77.9%
82 29.5% 23.1% 35.9% 69.3% 62.9% 75.5%
83 26.2% 20.2% 32.2% 66.3% 59.6% 72.8%
84 23% 17.5% 28.5% 63% 56% 69.8%
85 19.9% 14.9% 24.9% 59.3% 52.1% 66.4%
86 17% 12.5% 21.5% 55.4% 47.9% 62.6%
87 14.2% 10.3% 18.3% 51.1% 43.5% 58.5%
88 11.8% 8.39% 15.3% 46.6% 38.9% 53.9%
89 9.56% 6.7% 12.5% 41.8% 34.3% 49%
90 7.63% 5.26% 10.1% 37% 29.6% 43.9%
91 5.96% 4.03% 7.97% 32.1% 25% 38.6%
92 4.57% 3.03% 6.17% 27.2% 20.7% 33.3%
93 3.42% 2.23% 4.66% 22.6% 16.6% 28.1%
94 2.5% 1.6% 3.44% 18.3% 13.1% 23%
95 1.78% 1.12% 2.47% 14.4% 9.99% 18.3%
96 1.23% 0.76% 1.73% 11% 7.39% 14.2%
97 0.83% 0.51% 1.17% 8.1% 5.27% 10.6%
98 0.55% 0.33% 0.77% 5.76% 3.62% 7.62%
99 0.35% 0.21% 0.5% 3.94% 2.39% 5.27%
100 0.22% 0.13% 0.31% 2.59% 1.52% 3.5%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 1.47% in the birth year in Jamaica and 0.3% in Switzerland, 0.14% vs 0.03% at age 30, 1.5% vs 0.43% at 60, and 9.34% vs 3.26% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Jamaica compared to Switzerland at any given age.

Jamaica
Male

Female
Switzerland
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Jamaica Switzerland
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.47% 1.69% 1.23% 0.3% 0.32% 0.28%
1 0.13% 0.14% 0.12% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
2 0.09% 0.09% 0.08% 0.008% 0.008% 0.007%
3 0.06% 0.07% 0.06% 0.007% 0.008% 0.005%
4 0.05% 0.05% 0.04% 0.006% 0.007% 0.004%
5 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.005% 0.006% 0.004%
6 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
7 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
8 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
9 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.005% 0.005% 0.004%
10 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.005% 0.004% 0.005%
11 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.005% 0.005% 0.006%
12 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.006% 0.006% 0.006%
13 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.007% 0.008% 0.007%
14 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.009% 0.01% 0.007%
15 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.007%
16 0.06% 0.08% 0.04% 0.01% 0.02% 0.008%
17 0.07% 0.1% 0.04% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
18 0.08% 0.12% 0.05% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
19 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.02% 0.03% 0.01%
20 0.1% 0.14% 0.05% 0.02% 0.04% 0.009%
21 0.1% 0.15% 0.06% 0.02% 0.04% 0.008%
22 0.11% 0.16% 0.06% 0.03% 0.04% 0.01%
23 0.11% 0.16% 0.06% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
24 0.11% 0.16% 0.06% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
25 0.12% 0.17% 0.07% 0.03% 0.04% 0.01%
26 0.12% 0.17% 0.07% 0.03% 0.04% 0.01%
27 0.13% 0.18% 0.07% 0.03% 0.04% 0.01%
28 0.13% 0.18% 0.08% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
29 0.14% 0.19% 0.08% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
30 0.14% 0.19% 0.09% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
31 0.15% 0.2% 0.09% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
32 0.16% 0.21% 0.1% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
33 0.16% 0.22% 0.11% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
34 0.18% 0.23% 0.12% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
35 0.19% 0.25% 0.13% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
36 0.2% 0.26% 0.14% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
37 0.22% 0.28% 0.15% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
38 0.23% 0.3% 0.16% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
39 0.25% 0.32% 0.18% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
40 0.27% 0.35% 0.2% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
41 0.29% 0.37% 0.21% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
42 0.32% 0.4% 0.24% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
43 0.35% 0.43% 0.26% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
44 0.38% 0.47% 0.28% 0.08% 0.1% 0.07%
45 0.41% 0.52% 0.31% 0.09% 0.12% 0.07%
46 0.45% 0.56% 0.34% 0.1% 0.13% 0.08%
47 0.49% 0.61% 0.37% 0.11% 0.14% 0.08%
48 0.54% 0.67% 0.41% 0.12% 0.15% 0.1%
49 0.59% 0.73% 0.45% 0.14% 0.17% 0.11%
50 0.65% 0.8% 0.49% 0.16% 0.19% 0.12%
51 0.7% 0.87% 0.53% 0.17% 0.21% 0.13%
52 0.77% 0.95% 0.58% 0.19% 0.23% 0.14%
53 0.83% 1.04% 0.63% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
54 0.9% 1.13% 0.69% 0.24% 0.29% 0.18%
55 0.98% 1.23% 0.75% 0.26% 0.33% 0.2%
56 1.06% 1.34% 0.81% 0.29% 0.36% 0.21%
57 1.15% 1.46% 0.88% 0.31% 0.39% 0.23%
58 1.26% 1.59% 0.97% 0.34% 0.42% 0.26%
59 1.37% 1.74% 1.05% 0.38% 0.47% 0.29%
60 1.5% 1.91% 1.16% 0.43% 0.54% 0.31%
61 1.62% 2.06% 1.26% 0.47% 0.6% 0.34%
62 1.78% 2.26% 1.39% 0.52% 0.66% 0.37%
63 1.94% 2.45% 1.52% 0.57% 0.74% 0.41%
64 2.12% 2.67% 1.67% 0.64% 0.82% 0.46%
65 2.32% 2.91% 1.84% 0.71% 0.89% 0.53%
66 2.51% 3.14% 2.01% 0.77% 0.98% 0.57%
67 2.75% 3.42% 2.22% 0.84% 1.08% 0.61%
68 3.02% 3.73% 2.46% 0.9% 1.16% 0.65%
69 3.3% 4.06% 2.7% 0.97% 1.24% 0.72%
70 3.64% 4.44% 3.02% 1.08% 1.37% 0.8%
71 3.95% 4.8% 3.31% 1.2% 1.53% 0.9%
72 4.38% 5.28% 3.71% 1.33% 1.7% 1%
73 4.8% 5.75% 4.1% 1.46% 1.87% 1.1%
74 5.28% 6.26% 4.55% 1.61% 2.05% 1.22%
75 5.8% 6.82% 5.04% 1.78% 2.24% 1.37%
76 6.37% 7.44% 5.58% 1.97% 2.47% 1.53%
77 6.96% 8.08% 6.14% 2.2% 2.76% 1.73%
78 7.7% 8.85% 6.85% 2.49% 3.12% 1.96%
79 8.43% 9.62% 7.54% 2.84% 3.56% 2.24%
80 9.34% 10.5% 8.44% 3.26% 4.07% 2.58%
81 10.2% 11.4% 9.21% 3.75% 4.64% 3.02%
82 11.2% 12.5% 10.3% 4.31% 5.27% 3.56%
83 12.3% 13.6% 11.4% 5% 6.05% 4.18%
84 13.5% 14.8% 12.5% 5.78% 6.96% 4.88%
85 14.7% 16% 13.8% 6.66% 8.02% 5.68%
86 16% 17.4% 15.1% 7.67% 9.2% 6.62%
87 17.3% 18.7% 16.5% 8.86% 10.5% 7.78%
88 18.7% 20.1% 17.9% 10.2% 11.9% 9.08%
89 20.2% 21.6% 19.4% 11.6% 13.6% 10.5%
90 21.9% 23.2% 21.1% 13.3% 15.5% 12%
91 23.4% 24.8% 22.5% 15.1% 17.5% 13.8%
92 25.2% 26.6% 24.4% 17% 19.5% 15.8%
93 27% 28.4% 26.2% 19.1% 21.4% 18%
94 28.8% 30.1% 28.1% 21.3% 23.6% 20.3%
95 30.7% 31.8% 30.2% 23.7% 26% 22.7%
96 32.5% 33.6% 32.1% 26.2% 28.7% 25.3%
97 34.3% 35.2% 33.9% 28.9% 31.4% 28%
98 36% 36.9% 35.7% 31.6% 33.9% 30.8%
99 38.2% 38.8% 37.9% 34.3% 36.4% 33.7%
100 39.9% 40.5% 39.7% 37% 39.1% 36.3%

Death rate by age in Jamaica compared to Switzerland

In Jamaica, the most common age of death is 80, compared to 90 in Switzerland. The median age of death is 75.7 in Jamaica and 87.2 in Switzerland — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Jamaica
Male

Female
Switzerland
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Jamaica Switzerland
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,467 1,690 1,235 303 322 283.2
1 132.5 142.1 122.6 22.5 22.6 22.4
2 83.8 91.3 75.9 7.66 8.22 7.07
3 61.1 67.1 54.9 6.53 7.74 5.26
4 48.2 52.8 43.4 5.93 7.31 4.48
5 39.3 43.2 35.3 5.21 6.16 4.2
6 34.3 38.2 30.3 4.82 5.05 4.58
7 31.3 35.5 26.8 4.74 4.51 4.98
8 28.5 32.8 24.1 4.69 4.68 4.71
9 26.7 31 22.2 4.56 4.64 4.48
10 25.9 30.5 21.1 4.54 4.09 5.02
11 26.4 31.7 20.9 5.04 4.6 5.51
12 27.9 33.6 21.8 6.05 6.11 5.98
13 31.3 38 24.3 7.36 7.93 6.76
14 37.3 46.5 27.7 8.64 9.9 7.31
15 46 58.8 32.7 10.1 12.7 7.44
16 56.9 75.4 37.7 12.5 16.6 8.23
17 68.1 93 42.2 17 22.5 11.2
18 81 113.9 46.7 21.7 29.1 13.8
19 89.5 127.3 50.1 23.5 34.5 11.8
20 96.4 138.1 52.9 24 38.2 8.96
21 101.4 146.4 54.3 24.5 39.8 8.4
22 105.3 151.9 56.6 25.4 38.5 11.5
23 108.3 155.4 59 27.1 37.2 16.4
24 110.9 158.1 61.6 28 38.3 17
25 113.8 161.1 64.1 27.5 39.6 14.5
26 117.1 164.3 67.7 26 38.4 12.5
27 121.2 168.4 71.5 25 36.6 12.6
28 125.5 173 75.5 26.1 36.1 15.4
29 130.7 178.2 80.8 27.8 36.1 19.1
30 136.5 184.3 86.2 28.2 35.8 20.2
31 141.5 189.9 90.6 29.2 37.4 20.6
32 149.9 198.9 98.4 32.3 41.8 22.5
33 158.3 208.2 105.6 33.9 44.3 23.1
34 168.2 219.9 113.8 34.4 44.5 23.9
35 179.9 232.6 124.3 36.1 44.5 27.4
36 191.7 245.9 134.3 39.3 47.2 31.1
37 205.1 261.9 145.1 43.3 54.8 31.6
38 221.2 280.2 158.9 47.4 62.9 31.4
39 237.9 299.4 173 49.9 65.1 34.3
40 257.6 322 189.4 53.2 67.1 39
41 276.1 343 205.1 59.7 75.9 43.1
42 301 372 225.9 67.9 86.6 48.7
43 326 401 246.1 74.9 91.8 57.5
44 352 432 267.7 83.3 101.5 64.7
45 385 471 294.3 92.2 114.1 69.7
46 417 509 320 99.2 123.3 74.6
47 455 553 351 107.9 132.7 82.6
48 495 600 385 122.7 148.4 96.4
49 538 653 419 139.6 168.2 110.6
50 588 712 460 153.6 188.4 118.4
51 630 765 492 166.4 207.7 124.2
52 686 831 540 182.7 227.9 136.6
53 738 897 580 205.5 252.9 157.2
54 796 967 627 233.1 284.3 180.9
55 855 1,040 675 257.1 318 194.8
56 921 1,119 731 277.6 348 205.6
57 988 1,201 788 299.8 371 227
58 1,065 1,292 854 328 400 254.4
59 1,142 1,384 919 366 450 278.7
60 1,238 1,493 1,006 409 512 301
61 1,317 1,581 1,076 449 566 326
62 1,425 1,699 1,177 490 619 356
63 1,523 1,805 1,269 540 684 391
64 1,628 1,916 1,372 598 752 439
65 1,744 2,033 1,487 657 812 500
66 1,845 2,131 1,591 715 888 539
67 1,971 2,249 1,722 770 968 568
68 2,103 2,369 1,862 819 1,026 607
69 2,229 2,480 1,999 877 1,088 663
70 2,379 2,599 2,177 962 1,187 736
71 2,491 2,690 2,308 1,061 1,310 818
72 2,653 2,812 2,504 1,160 1,430 899
73 2,780 2,901 2,663 1,260 1,546 986
74 2,911 2,981 2,835 1,364 1,658 1,083
75 3,028 3,043 2,998 1,482 1,780 1,195
76 3,131 3,090 3,153 1,613 1,919 1,321
77 3,205 3,109 3,277 1,770 2,088 1,469
78 3,296 3,128 3,428 1,958 2,296 1,639
79 3,330 3,101 3,516 2,175 2,539 1,829
80 3,380 3,072 3,640 2,424 2,802 2,060
81 3,331 2,975 3,639 2,697 3,059 2,351
82 3,310 2,887 3,689 2,988 3,315 2,686
83 3,218 2,745 3,655 3,312 3,604 3,047
84 3,093 2,581 3,578 3,638 3,899 3,407
85 2,913 2,379 3,430 3,949 4,181 3,771
86 2,715 2,168 3,255 4,245 4,408 4,146
87 2,467 1,932 3,004 4,529 4,563 4,549
88 2,204 1,689 2,727 4,748 4,648 4,894
89 1,933 1,449 2,429 4,875 4,659 5,136
90 1,668 1,220 2,128 4,910 4,590 5,271
91 1,393 1,000 1,796 4,836 4,388 5,312
92 1,151 807 1,506 4,634 4,025 5,255
93 922 632 1,224 4,317 3,568 5,050
94 719 481 968 3,893 3,081 4,667
95 546 355 746 3,402 2,594 4,160
96 401 255.2 554 2,881 2,120 3,585
97 285.3 178 398 2,344 1,656 2,970
98 196.7 120.5 276.7 1,820 1,226 2,350
99 133.3 80.2 189 1,351 871 1,775
100 3.63 0 15.5 811 392 1,166

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Jamaica and Switzerland demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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