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