Austria | Life expectancy at birth, total (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
Republic of Austria
Records
63
Source
Austria | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 68.58560976
1961 69.57731707
1962 69.3095122
1963 69.44365854
1964 69.92195122
1965 69.72219512
1966 70.04585366
1967 69.91780488
1968 70.05756098
1969 69.83317073
1970 69.91463415
1971 70.11463415
1972 70.46341463
1973 71.01463415
1974 71.01219512
1975 71.11463415
1976 71.56585366
1977 71.91463415
1978 72.01219512
1979 72.31219512
1980 72.46341463
1981 72.81219512
1982 72.96097561
1983 73.01219512
1984 73.61219512
1985 73.81463415
1986 74.31707317
1987 74.76829268
1988 75.21707317
1989 75.26585366
1990 75.56829268
1991 75.61707317
1992 75.81707317
1993 76.06829268
1994 76.4195122
1995 76.66829268
1996 76.87073171
1997 77.3195122
1998 77.67073171
1999 77.87560976
2000 78.12682927
2001 78.57560976
2002 78.67804878
2003 78.63170732
2004 79.1804878
2005 79.33170732
2006 79.8804878
2007 80.1804878
2008 80.43170732
2009 80.33170732
2010 80.5804878
2011 80.98292683
2012 80.93658537
2013 81.13658537
2014 81.4902439
2015 81.1902439
2016 81.64146341
2017 81.64390244
2018 81.69268293
2019 81.89512195
2020 81.19268293
2021 81.23902439
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Austria | Life expectancy at birth, total (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
Republic of Austria
Records
63
Source