Early-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, male (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
Early-demographic dividend
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63
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Early-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
46.50779918 1960
46.99026594 1961
47.41432278 1962
47.823962 1963
48.26658074 1964
47.07495949 1965
48.17651977 1966
48.83075882 1967
49.88817704 1968
50.29371236 1969
50.26447439 1970
49.26524938 1971
51.45050004 1972
51.87067464 1973
52.32920582 1974
52.72962881 1975
53.19581789 1976
53.67316852 1977
54.06350477 1978
54.5616229 1979
55.04014402 1980
55.36772223 1981
55.79216814 1982
56.20112013 1983
56.77947031 1984
57.29064187 1985
57.72935322 1986
58.31646874 1987
58.66328142 1988
59.11971981 1989
59.45280724 1990
59.75357533 1991
60.23079951 1992
60.52278604 1993
60.80388118 1994
61.22052504 1995
61.55184004 1996
61.89534334 1997
62.31423756 1998
62.70297504 1999
63.04447753 2000
63.32181163 2001
63.7007637 2002
63.9403113 2003
64.14732728 2004
64.52305032 2005
64.83784029 2006
65.07898937 2007
65.24617144 2008
65.61670535 2009
65.93956812 2010
66.33467445 2011
66.67616765 2012
67.0381104 2013
67.51672544 2014
67.93024729 2015
68.26989528 2016
68.58675201 2017
68.82272652 2018
69.01892965 2019
67.94165288 2020
66.37729584 2021
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Early-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, male (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
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source