Cote d'Ivoire | Life expectancy at birth, female (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
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Cote d'Ivoire
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63
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Cote d'Ivoire | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
39.754 1960
40.336 1961
40.998 1962
41.572 1963
42.217 1964
42.743 1965
43.347 1966
43.977 1967
44.483 1968
45.118 1969
45.796 1970
46.458 1971
47.171 1972
48.023 1973
49.083 1974
49.978 1975
51.121 1976
52.096 1977
53.02 1978
53.837 1979
54.489 1980
55.124 1981
55.301 1982
55.567 1983
55.185 1984
55.322 1985
55.411 1986
55.454 1987
55.272 1988
55.126 1989
54.913 1990
54.665 1991
54.495 1992
54.278 1993
54.143 1994
54.034 1995
53.923 1996
53.528 1997
52.973 1998
52.516 1999
52.346 2000
52.184 2001
52.163 2002
52.268 2003
52.505 2004
52.899 2005
53.389 2006
54.001 2007
54.771 2008
55.599 2009
56.212 2010
56.747 2011
57.339 2012
58.024 2013
58.263 2014
58.947 2015
59.069 2016
59.723 2017
59.94 2018
60.59 2019
60.351 2020
59.941 2021
2022
Cote d'Ivoire | Life expectancy at birth, female (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
Cote d'Ivoire
Records
63
Source