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