Cote d'Ivoire | 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
Cote d'Ivoire
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63
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Cote d'Ivoire | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
38.108 1960
38.744 1961
39.402 1962
39.955 1963
40.606 1964
41.177 1965
41.819 1966
42.419 1967
43.021 1968
43.643 1969
44.325 1970
44.992 1971
45.724 1972
46.556 1973
47.506 1974
48.346 1975
49.291 1976
50.184 1977
50.927 1978
51.682 1979
52.27 1980
52.734 1981
52.919 1982
53.171 1983
53.037 1984
53.174 1985
53.202 1986
53.187 1987
53.017 1988
52.876 1989
52.603 1990
52.323 1991
52.138 1992
51.925 1993
51.737 1994
51.61 1995
51.52 1996
51.449 1997
51.108 1998
50.957 1999
50.842 2000
50.81 2001
50.886 2002
50.954 2003
51.363 2004
51.824 2005
52.355 2006
52.97 2007
53.653 2008
54.394 2009
55.023 2010
55.52 2011
56.158 2012
56.748 2013
57.208 2014
57.762 2015
58.06 2016
58.48 2017
58.849 2018
59.319 2019
59.032 2020
58.598 2021
2022
Cote d'Ivoire | 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
Cote d'Ivoire
Records
63
Source