Antigua and Barbuda | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Antigua and Barbuda
Records
63
Source
Antigua and Barbuda | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
58.904 1960
59.688 1961
60.464 1962
61.404 1963
62.219 1964
63.183 1965
64.113 1966
64.978 1967
65.787 1968
66.581 1969
67.062 1970
67.609 1971
68.004 1972
68.456 1973
68.762 1974
69.006 1975
69.55 1976
69.73 1977
69.968 1978
70.139 1979
70.359 1980
70.543 1981
70.632 1982
70.71 1983
70.783 1984
70.832 1985
70.835 1986
70.819 1987
70.847 1988
70.801 1989
70.899 1990
70.881 1991
70.808 1992
71.028 1993
71.029 1994
70.971 1995
71.047 1996
71.087 1997
71.058 1998
71.368 1999
71.503 2000
71.912 2001
72.48 2002
72.742 2003
73.153 2004
73.07 2005
72.972 2006
73.277 2007
73.509 2008
73.796 2009
73.959 2010
74.244 2011
74.476 2012
74.671 2013
74.908 2014
75.148 2015
75.366 2016
75.52 2017
75.724 2018
75.909 2019
76.061 2020
75.775 2021
2022
Antigua and Barbuda | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Development relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series from United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects are interpolated data from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data. Statistical concept and methodology: Life expectancy at birth used here is the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future. It reflects the overall mortality level of a population, and summarizes the mortality pattern that prevails across all age groups in a given year. It is calculated in a period life table which provides a snapshot of a population's mortality pattern at a given time. It therefore does not reflect the mortality pattern that a person actually experiences during his/her life, which can be calculated in a cohort life table. High mortality in young age groups significantly lowers the life expectancy at birth. But if a person survives his/her childhood of high mortality, he/she may live much longer. For example, in a population with a life expectancy at birth of 50, there may be few people dying at age 50. The life expectancy at birth may be low due to the high childhood mortality so that once a person survives his/her childhood, he/she may live much longer than 50 years.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Antigua and Barbuda
Records
63
Source