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