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