East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | 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
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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, male (years)
36.30122142 1960
41.68908465 1961
49.12405861 1962
49.61290354 1963
50.31837484 1964
50.01508394 1965
51.37519464 1966
52.26971117 1967
52.73555482 1968
53.45645626 1969
54.14819259 1970
55.0391485 1971
55.6082729 1972
56.53394949 1973
57.09380368 1974
57.88500547 1975
58.7261432 1976
59.42983546 1977
60.01443573 1978
60.61921439 1979
61.1535255 1980
61.65684549 1981
62.12680977 1982
62.51748619 1983
62.92340057 1984
63.29866436 1985
63.60527976 1986
63.94958781 1987
64.20754552 1988
64.53015469 1989
64.78855968 1990
65.16920792 1991
65.64170325 1992
66.01029137 1993
66.36959928 1994
66.62688127 1995
66.92256327 1996
67.31441875 1997
67.64789235 1998
67.99094249 1999
68.31250474 2000
68.68128956 2001
69.0492262 2002
69.43950121 2003
69.5724446 2004
70.0582743 2005
70.40754476 2006
70.6291946 2007
70.64013524 2008
71.10769281 2009
71.35035519 2010
71.60741542 2011
71.82292371 2012
72.04984164 2013
72.3115054 2014
72.51962544 2015
72.680972 2016
72.62885285 2017
73.1094794 2018
73.33016592 2019
73.20046075 2020
72.82485121 2021
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East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source