Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Records
63
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 58.367
1961 59.243
1962 59.877
1963 60.661
1964 61.257
1965 61.878
1966 62.495
1967 62.798
1968 63.033
1969 63.244
1970 63.656
1971 64.076
1972 64.502
1973 65.144
1974 65.763
1975 66.25
1976 66.463
1977 66.772
1978 66.825
1979 67.057
1980 67.134
1981 67.296
1982 67.444
1983 67.588
1984 67.842
1985 67.957
1986 68.221
1987 68.957
1988 68.918
1989 69.01
1990 69.211
1991 68.821
1992 43.494
1993 43.012
1994 60.361
1995 66.256
1996 70.413
1997 70.753
1998 71.197
1999 72.039
2000 71.484
2001 71.932
2002 72.21
2003 72.806
2004 73.357
2005 72.36
2006 73.174
2007 73.201
2008 73.892
2009 74.067
2010 74.341
2011 74.492
2012 74.406
2013 73.945
2014 73.539
2015 74.18
2016 74.775
2017 74.849
2018 75.034
2019 75.208
2020 74.04
2021 73.108
2022
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 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
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Records
63
Source