Czechia | 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
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Czechia
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63
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Czechia | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 70.34878049
1961 70.51268293
1962 69.78682927
1963 70.30439024
1964 70.4595122
1965 70.16317073
1966 70.38487805
1967 70.26414634
1968 69.84073171
1969 69.36707317
1970 69.4402439
1971 69.67707317
1972 70.17658537
1973 70.02268293
1974 70.08658537
1975 70.41463415
1976 70.53268293
1977 70.57341463
1978 70.64390244
1979 70.7495122
1980 70.27804878
1981 70.72219512
1982 70.80780488
1983 70.59146341
1984 70.83756098
1985 71.04634146
1986 70.99731707
1987 71.44560976
1988 71.64146341
1989 71.67560976
1990 71.38390244
1991 71.89829268
1992 72.27170732
1993 72.76780488
1994 72.97268293
1995 73.07487805
1996 73.71463415
1997 73.82487805
1998 74.51463415
1999 74.66829268
2000 74.96829268
2001 75.17317073
2002 75.22195122
2003 75.17073171
2004 75.72195122
2005 75.92439024
2006 76.52439024
2007 76.72439024
2008 76.97560976
2009 77.07804878
2010 77.42439024
2011 77.87317073
2012 78.07560976
2013 78.17560976
2014 78.82439024
2015 78.57804878
2016 79.02682927
2017 78.97804878
2018 79.02926829
2019 79.22926829
2020 78.22682927
2021 77.37317073
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Czechia | 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
Czechia
Records
63
Source