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)
68.58560976 1960
69.57731707 1961
69.3095122 1962
69.44365854 1963
69.92195122 1964
69.72219512 1965
70.04585366 1966
69.91780488 1967
70.05756098 1968
69.83317073 1969
69.91463415 1970
70.11463415 1971
70.46341463 1972
71.01463415 1973
71.01219512 1974
71.11463415 1975
71.56585366 1976
71.91463415 1977
72.01219512 1978
72.31219512 1979
72.46341463 1980
72.81219512 1981
72.96097561 1982
73.01219512 1983
73.61219512 1984
73.81463415 1985
74.31707317 1986
74.76829268 1987
75.21707317 1988
75.26585366 1989
75.56829268 1990
75.61707317 1991
75.81707317 1992
76.06829268 1993
76.4195122 1994
76.66829268 1995
76.87073171 1996
77.3195122 1997
77.67073171 1998
77.87560976 1999
78.12682927 2000
78.57560976 2001
78.67804878 2002
78.63170732 2003
79.1804878 2004
79.33170732 2005
79.8804878 2006
80.1804878 2007
80.43170732 2008
80.33170732 2009
80.5804878 2010
80.98292683 2011
80.93658537 2012
81.13658537 2013
81.4902439 2014
81.1902439 2015
81.64146341 2016
81.64390244 2017
81.69268293 2018
81.89512195 2019
81.19268293 2020
81.23902439 2021
2022
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