East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Life expectancy at birth, female (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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East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
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63
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East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
39.3762506 1960
45.20718007 1961
53.31996034 1962
53.82919671 1963
54.56912502 1964
54.78350402 1965
55.70454724 1966
56.54575358 1967
57.0469062 1968
57.72292273 1969
58.46281208 1970
59.25559758 1971
59.89258441 1972
60.86162532 1973
61.6077722 1974
62.32480365 1975
63.12787371 1976
63.93146058 1977
64.6231304 1978
65.24922848 1979
65.81446121 1980
66.31203719 1981
66.8076404 1982
67.26372078 1983
67.64546331 1984
68.03224921 1985
68.42639629 1986
68.78165531 1987
69.08793704 1988
69.41135307 1989
69.58485515 1990
69.62561709 1991
70.20467168 1992
70.79540562 1993
70.95949125 1994
71.31880555 1995
71.53326792 1996
71.92048807 1997
72.44318526 1998
72.5078963 1999
72.94082543 2000
73.78833127 2001
74.11038787 2002
74.62066692 2003
74.63694118 2004
75.21378567 2005
75.56193784 2006
75.8335241 2007
75.70879957 2008
76.35377947 2009
76.55793663 2010
76.8408213 2011
77.12717669 2012
77.39731404 2013
77.64821553 2014
77.88193297 2015
78.12324972 2016
78.34046234 2017
78.653279 2018
78.82335308 2019
78.84336811 2020
78.44554131 2021
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East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Life expectancy at birth, female (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
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source