Egypt, Arab Rep. | 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
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 47.255
1961 47.817
1962 48.654
1963 49.5
1964 50.313
1965 50.949
1966 51.439
1967 51.72
1968 51.902
1969 51.994
1970 52.203
1971 52.454
1972 52.817
1973 53.247
1974 53.937
1975 54.753
1976 55.575
1977 56.296
1978 57.077
1979 57.853
1980 58.602
1981 58.921
1982 59.823
1983 60.815
1984 61.545
1985 62.371
1986 63.084
1987 63.916
1988 64.889
1989 65.326
1990 65.972
1991 66.504
1992 66.743
1993 67.137
1994 67.687
1995 68.304
1996 68.751
1997 69.242
1998 69.364
1999 69.62
2000 70.095
2001 70.431
2002 70.735
2003 70.659
2004 70.914
2005 71.226
2006 71.49
2007 71.706
2008 71.93
2009 72.087
2010 72.318
2011 72.605
2012 72.745
2013 72.82
2014 73.163
2015 73.081
2016 73.552
2017 73.974
2018 73.927
2019 73.711
2020 73.39
2021 72.608
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Egypt, Arab Rep. | 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
Arab Republic of Egypt
Records
63
Source