Denmark | 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
Kingdom of Denmark
Records
63
Source
Denmark | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
72.17658537 1960
72.43829268 1961
72.3197561 1962
72.4004878 1963
72.48512195 1964
72.37073171 1965
72.44414634 1966
72.92219512 1967
73.12146341 1968
73.22097561 1969
73.34341463 1970
73.41463415 1971
73.43902439 1972
73.68219512 1973
73.80829268 1974
74.07512195 1975
73.7397561 1976
74.63243902 1977
74.39292683 1978
74.21926829 1979
74.10170732 1980
74.2304878 1981
74.55121951 1982
74.4204878 1983
74.56219512 1984
74.42756098 1985
74.5797561 1986
74.69121951 1987
74.77170732 1988
74.7997561 1989
74.80536585 1990
75.15780488 1991
75.19414634 1992
75.11682927 1993
75.37512195 1994
75.21268293 1995
75.59146341 1996
75.94512195 1997
76.13902439 1998
76.34146341 1999
76.59268293 2000
76.79268293 2001
76.89512195 2002
77.14390244 2003
77.49268293 2004
77.84390244 2005
78.09512195 2006
78.19512195 2007
78.44634146 2008
78.59756098 2009
79.1 2010
79.8 2011
80.05121951 2012
80.3 2013
80.7 2014
80.70243902 2015
80.85365854 2016
81.10243902 2017
80.95365854 2018
81.45121951 2019
81.60243902 2020
81.40487805 2021
2022

Denmark | 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
Kingdom of Denmark
Records
63
Source