Bulgaria | 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 Bulgaria
Records
63
Source
Bulgaria | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 69.24756098
1961 70.19560976
1962 69.49195122
1963 70.30926829
1964 71.12121951
1965 71.29390244
1966 71.22341463
1967 70.41390244
1968 71.22512195
1969 70.43
1970 71.25634146
1971 70.87365854
1972 70.8995122
1973 71.34219512
1974 71.20804878
1975 71.0497561
1976 71.39487805
1977 70.81609756
1978 71.18463415
1979 71.30829268
1980 71.15756098
1981 71.57195122
1982 71.18609756
1983 71.38634146
1984 71.4997561
1985 71.22804878
1986 71.73073171
1987 71.52682927
1988 71.60439024
1989 71.72243902
1990 71.64146341
1991 71.56097561
1992 71.49439024
1993 71.34682927
1994 71.20878049
1995 71.05341463
1996 70.89731707
1997 70.35121951
1998 71.06097561
1999 71.41219512
2000 71.66341463
2001 71.76829268
2002 71.86585366
2003 72.06585366
2004 72.56341463
2005 72.56097561
2006 72.61219512
2007 72.66341463
2008 72.96341463
2009 73.41219512
2010 73.51219512
2011 74.16341463
2012 74.31463415
2013 74.86097561
2014 74.46585366
2015 74.61463415
2016 74.81219512
2017 74.81463415
2018 74.96341463
2019 75.11219512
2020 73.65853659
2021 71.51463415
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Bulgaria | 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 Bulgaria
Records
63
Source