Arab World | Life expectancy at birth, female (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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Arab World
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63
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Arab World | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 46.7419817
1961 47.45747215
1962 47.96975653
1963 48.65304371
1964 49.50871256
1965 49.86999258
1966 50.15837301
1967 50.68398962
1968 51.15068505
1969 51.58727277
1970 52.10067729
1971 52.99843083
1972 53.54281073
1973 54.32706158
1974 54.93115654
1975 55.59563669
1976 55.86387192
1977 57.06173226
1978 57.8247871
1979 58.5506026
1980 59.33439076
1981 59.93130576
1982 60.45265385
1983 61.17476414
1984 61.85974227
1985 62.58253191
1986 63.76057058
1987 63.69471617
1988 63.41904927
1989 64.75469188
1990 65.23031114
1991 65.25927057
1992 65.5180655
1993 66.50702809
1994 67.39938491
1995 67.42104921
1996 67.74203136
1997 68.05065772
1998 67.92299102
1999 68.80754305
2000 69.30685403
2001 69.62661383
2002 69.94063602
2003 69.98985934
2004 70.13519056
2005 70.44006398
2006 70.89607739
2007 71.25552369
2008 71.45269054
2009 71.8728873
2010 72.08711066
2011 72.32035791
2012 72.34113705
2013 72.42624873
2014 72.73070685
2015 72.89028085
2016 73.22839854
2017 73.73231985
2018 73.84237696
2019 73.93930977
2020 73.11271122
2021 72.98969421
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Arab World | Life expectancy at birth, female (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
Arab World
Records
63
Source