East Asia & Pacific | 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
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East Asia & Pacific | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 43.47608434
1961 48.59157458
1962 55.58301605
1963 56.13594456
1964 56.84561109
1965 57.05642208
1966 57.92026822
1967 58.7199068
1968 59.15637137
1969 59.7749432
1970 60.39499305
1971 61.17010981
1972 61.75451832
1973 62.60883984
1974 63.29166337
1975 63.97653985
1976 64.717288
1977 65.47553086
1978 66.11936468
1979 66.71648183
1980 67.21016011
1981 67.68696135
1982 68.16974597
1983 68.58278926
1984 68.96530532
1985 69.33596036
1986 69.72227662
1987 70.07525521
1988 70.34086103
1989 70.66601559
1990 70.8390607
1991 70.90210728
1992 71.42254414
1993 71.97571665
1994 72.15975781
1995 72.46489252
1996 72.71745779
1997 73.08956805
1998 73.57105915
1999 73.62955719
2000 74.07161865
2001 74.85866412
2002 75.16960775
2003 75.64059276
2004 75.68541752
2005 76.20136796
2006 76.54868873
2007 76.81310609
2008 76.71950704
2009 77.33088189
2010 77.50969073
2011 77.74775811
2012 78.03528328
2013 78.29883668
2014 78.54003882
2015 78.7657283
2016 78.98899679
2017 79.19703318
2018 79.48363351
2019 79.65935176
2020 79.70002653
2021 79.32910808
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East Asia & Pacific | 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
Records
63
Source