Curacao | 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
Curacao
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63
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Curacao | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 65.77802439
1961 65.90929268
1962 66.19902439
1963 66.47431707
1964 66.66758537
1965 66.90621951
1966 67.19860976
1967 67.4914878
1968 67.65843902
1969 67.94431707
1970 68.27814634
1971 68.46085366
1972 68.79036585
1973 69.19219512
1974 69.52902439
1975 69.64853659
1976 70.02807317
1977 70.15495122
1978 70.44534146
1979 70.74409756
1980 70.89468293
1981 71.02414634
1982 71.14787805
1983 71.27609756
1984 71.33992683
1985 71.6267561
1986 71.74397561
1987 71.95104878
1988 72.04280488
1989 71.94865854
1990 72.25039024
1991 72.34970732
1992 72.41807317
1993 72.49807317
1994 72.59007317
1995 72.60134146
1996 72.69282927
1997 72.75336585
1998 72.85831707
1999 72.93756098
2000 73.03395122
2001 73.1107561
2002 73.21153659
2003 73.3535122
2004 73.42892683
2005 73.56570732
2006 74.7097561
2007 75.36341463
2008 75.3097561
2009 76.15609756
2010
2011 77.47317073
2012 77.52439024
2013 77.82682927
2014 77.97560976
2015 78.07560976
2016 77.7195122
2017 78.01707317
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Curacao | 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
Curacao
Records
63
Source