Arab World | 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.
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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, male (years)
1960 43.32509073
1961 44.01020616
1962 44.40972633
1963 45.39347685
1964 46.36861911
1965 46.68458044
1966 46.85674327
1967 47.25104523
1968 47.83725583
1969 48.16357284
1970 48.70413647
1971 49.68273163
1972 50.26710898
1973 50.84830773
1974 51.54952788
1975 51.95617934
1976 52.37748205
1977 53.73627919
1978 54.47925943
1979 55.18031655
1980 55.41726492
1981 55.67831798
1982 55.92042701
1983 56.64604668
1984 57.34073661
1985 58.08393925
1986 58.94597887
1987 58.93401432
1988 58.24167876
1989 60.41685363
1990 60.83449477
1991 61.2571485
1992 61.5986819
1993 62.5769849
1994 63.710552
1995 63.42687198
1996 63.83793095
1997 64.09031693
1998 63.88116352
1999 65.07735656
2000 65.42538681
2001 65.76819991
2002 66.05959811
2003 65.88867341
2004 65.83818101
2005 66.07524457
2006 66.45136397
2007 66.82295242
2008 67.30176005
2009 67.90172269
2010 68.14341186
2011 68.35467226
2012 68.19819209
2013 68.16905026
2014 68.45360404
2015 68.80646768
2016 68.86461346
2017 69.33365975
2018 69.60939621
2019 69.90696576
2020 68.93622289
2021 68.83243332
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Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source