HC Deb 22 February 1956 vol 549 cc42-3W
Mr. Smithers

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the average expectation of life of male and female children in Trinidad at the age of one year in 1921, in 1954 and in representative intermediate years.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The latest date for which information is available is the period 1952–54. The following table gives comparisons with 1921, 1931 and 1946.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: EXPECTATION OF LIFE AT AGE OF ONE YEAR
1921 1931 1946 1952 to 1954
Male 43.57 50.92 57.07 62.13
Female 45.82 52.34 59.46 64.00