Euro area | 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.
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The World Bank
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Euro area
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Euro area | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
69.2842936 1960
69.71336867 1961
69.67395282 1962
69.83291717 1963
70.38855332 1964
70.46123374 1965
70.70781911 1966
70.89153994 1967
70.80436258 1968
70.71639933 1969
71.14116334 1970
71.29251796 1971
71.64577107 1972
71.75061433 1973
72.08469372 1974
72.15755347 1975
72.48179078 1976
72.92352234 1977
73.08090169 1978
73.42776939 1979
73.58065438 1980
73.85959498 1981
74.20410107 1982
74.27999464 1983
74.68373099 1984
74.81324032 1985
75.10241294 1986
75.42727869 1987
75.61528151 1988
75.79654034 1989
75.86741133 1990
76.01674888 1991
76.37455812 1992
76.48009632 1993
76.79171549 1994
76.94826726 1995
77.21311026 1996
77.57660124 1997
77.79273897 1998
78.0166558 1999
78.27083545 2000
78.59368359 2001
78.68212618 2002
78.70535543 2003
79.27696591 2004
79.42461504 2005
79.85486616 2006
80.09953951 2007
80.30259467 2008
80.50566028 2009
80.74751218 2010
81.23402434 2011
81.22809474 2012
81.51362679 2013
81.94491592 2014
81.57128882 2015
81.95633831 2016
81.93453307 2017
82.05155281 2018
82.32775602 2019
81.53792022 2020
81.70916126 2021
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Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source