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