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