Caribbean small states | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Caribbean small states
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63
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Caribbean small states | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 61.82949397
1961 62.06866527
1962 62.60116677
1963 63.16716023
1964 63.592164
1965 63.91015652
1966 64.21826579
1967 64.47159148
1968 64.49582585
1969 64.63445416
1970 64.92661231
1971 65.0553422
1972 65.19804165
1973 65.56703116
1974 66.06735095
1975 66.25598315
1976 66.39213279
1977 66.57722065
1978 66.91080963
1979 67.1658506
1980 67.37783642
1981 67.67222832
1982 67.91390947
1983 67.98274943
1984 68.11453997
1985 68.24914462
1986 68.52463504
1987 68.78405027
1988 69.00641758
1989 69.32864357
1990 69.43140493
1991 69.54915798
1992 69.55250094
1993 69.64025009
1994 69.56961514
1995 69.60926987
1996 69.57564278
1997 69.42721022
1998 69.49732902
1999 69.39128012
2000 69.60933316
2001 69.70136283
2002 69.97006694
2003 69.7958452
2004 70.22531816
2005 70.48233589
2006 70.70069035
2007 71.02797164
2008 71.17746943
2009 71.8319071
2010 72.01868933
2011 72.35846114
2012 72.64070319
2013 72.72090848
2014 72.68087691
2015 72.61026362
2016 72.5605217
2017 72.60089458
2018 72.58368687
2019 72.52340995
2020 72.57920388
2021 70.99625867
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Caribbean small states | 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
Caribbean small states
Records
63
Source