Estonia | Life expectancy at birth, total (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
Republic of Estonia
Records
63
Source
Estonia | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 68.9335122
1961 68.96212195
1962 68.79180488
1963 69.21012195
1964 70.05731707
1965 69.68073171
1966 69.6277561
1967 69.94014634
1968 69.75121951
1969 69.26590244
1970 69.41009756
1971 69.81517073
1972 69.59214634
1973 69.79946341
1974 70.07860976
1975 69.35436585
1976 68.92568293
1977 69.32482927
1978 68.92060976
1979 68.78585366
1980 68.79563415
1981 68.97804878
1982 69.12682927
1983 69.37560976
1984 69.27804878
1985 69.3804878
1986 70.08536585
1987 70.64390244
1988 70.69756098
1989 70.03902439
1990 69.47560976
1991 69.37317073
1992 68.86341463
1993 67.9097561
1994 66.5
1995 67.54390244
1996 69.61219512
1997 69.8097561
1998 69.35853659
1999 70.06341463
2000 70.41707317
2001 70.25853659
2002 70.90487805
2003 71.31707317
2004 71.9097561
2005 72.56829268
2006 72.69146341
2007 72.81463415
2008 73.77073171
2009 74.82439024
2010 75.42926829
2011 76.22926829
2012 76.32682927
2013 77.14146341
2014 77.03414634
2015 77.5902439
2016 77.64146341
2017 78.09268293
2018 78.24390244
2019 78.64634146
2020 78.59512195
2021 76.74146341
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Estonia | Life expectancy at birth, total (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
Republic of Estonia
Records
63
Source