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