Euro area | 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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Euro area
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Euro area | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 72.07880452
1961 72.55395724
1962 72.56957806
1963 72.78168852
1964 73.40430521
1965 73.49088336
1966 73.77173001
1967 73.99442555
1968 73.93588631
1969 73.92478736
1970 74.35663578
1971 74.56234772
1972 74.9457759
1973 75.06295657
1974 75.45711905
1975 75.57596019
1976 75.92941827
1977 76.4239013
1978 76.60084185
1979 76.96756156
1980 77.12822641
1981 77.40742792
1982 77.74110337
1983 77.81202656
1984 78.24309596
1985 78.34818498
1986 78.60169999
1987 78.96586861
1988 79.16167375
1989 79.37199937
1990 79.45248328
1991 79.64760066
1992 80.01502723
1993 80.07552722
1994 80.38756026
1995 80.5313135
1996 80.74046577
1997 81.03361624
1998 81.20660019
1999 81.39609009
2000 81.61732935
2001 81.89416515
2002 81.92357684
2003 81.84959956
2004 82.4405874
2005 82.55353857
2006 82.9861221
2007 83.1841595
2008 83.29973318
2009 83.48579656
2010 83.70663109
2011 84.20509553
2012 84.1107168
2013 84.34779077
2014 84.76175337
2015 84.28874084
2016 84.68926572
2017 84.56767944
2018 84.68417432
2019 84.93582742
2020 84.19912369
2021 84.42050717
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Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source