East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
39.13744057 1960
45.0430489 1961
53.26807204 1962
53.77651577 1963
54.51768476 1964
54.72523107 1965
55.64833617 1966
56.48918991 1967
56.98607624 1968
57.6609717 1969
58.40136986 1970
59.19662969 1971
59.83282529 1972
60.80675598 1973
61.55479056 1974
62.27337827 1975
63.07940582 1976
63.88661262 1977
64.57941038 1978
65.20631138 1979
65.77148462 1980
66.26797085 1981
66.76246122 1982
67.21671883 1983
67.59563903 1984
67.97992337 1985
68.37172479 1986
68.72685726 1987
69.03115568 1988
69.3544666 1989
69.52641842 1990
69.56513909 1991
70.14355196 1992
70.71942269 1993
70.90500583 1994
71.41650558 1995
71.63354825 1996
72.02582921 1997
72.55706269 1998
72.62515836 1999
73.06475303 2000
73.9240576 2001
74.2497989 2002
74.6410708 2003
74.65992405 2004
75.24726392 2005
75.60339427 2006
75.88139986 2007
75.75465884 2008
76.39818484 2009
76.59777195 2010
76.87732991 2011
77.15971222 2012
77.42462302 2013
77.67134246 2014
77.9124395 2015
78.15676338 2016
78.3752143 2017
78.69181143 2018
78.86308699 2019
78.88295963 2020
78.47981162 2021
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East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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 (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source