Data show there has been a further slowdown in the increase in Jamaica's population. According to the Economic and Social Survey Jamaica 2016 the population grew by 0.1% during the year. The report says this is a declining trend observed since 2000.
At the end of 2016, Jamaica's population totalled 2,730,900. There were more women and than men. When disaggregated by gender, males represented 49.5% of the population while females accounted for 50.5%. During 2016 there were 36,000 births and 19,600 deaths.
The report also shows that Jamaica’s demographic landscape has been classified as a moderately ageing population, with a median age of 26 years. It also showed that over the last decade, there has been a consistent decline in the number of live births in Jamaica. It moved from 43,200 to an estimated 36,000 in 2016, the lowest recorded number of live births.
Death rate down
Meanwhile, the reports show that Jamaica, similar to other countries in the Caribbean and Latin America, has continued to experience reductions in death rates.
It says this has been largely due to advances in the control and prevention of diseases as well as improved medical services.
The 19,600 deaths recorded in Jamaica resulted in a Crude Death Rate of 7.2 per one thousand persons.
The mortality rate was influenced mainly by deaths due to lifestyle diseases, traffic accidents, and homicides.
Based on cause of death data by gender, the top two leading causes of death for males five years and over were external causes, such as traffic crashes as well as homicides with cerebrovascular diseases in second place.
Among women in the same age group, the top two causes were diabetes and cerebrovascular diseases.
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