Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | Life expectancy at birth, male (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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Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
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63
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Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 60.68267087
1961 60.90656828
1962 60.81302224
1963 61.23662563
1964 61.73430006
1965 61.51355429
1966 61.50895229
1967 61.33996519
1968 61.29262892
1969 60.9295966
1970 61.45725276
1971 61.6801463
1972 61.7990784
1973 61.95150212
1974 61.94455511
1975 61.71993667
1976 61.70936763
1977 61.57047536
1978 61.66639131
1979 61.54939043
1980 61.80908394
1981 62.06547475
1982 62.48412521
1983 62.56908364
1984 62.46652073
1985 63.11411087
1986 64.39983883
1987 64.60585778
1988 64.52636234
1989 64.51474324
1990 64.2892597
1991 63.99988635
1992 62.80900124
1993 61.38424905
1994 61.06640236
1995 61.23032054
1996 62.05245178
1997 62.77870485
1998 63.25052792
1999 62.75383469
2000 62.74467025
2001 62.91302923
2002 63.03333873
2003 63.14411396
2004 63.46955036
2005 63.53335613
2006 64.3221759
2007 64.90728384
2008 65.30549709
2009 66.01451328
2010 66.41447114
2011 66.91862342
2012 67.42103854
2013 67.89217855
2014 68.09775054
2015 68.45237416
2016 68.80023602
2017 69.41547202
2018 69.6331719
2019 69.96852558
2020 68.27883186
2021 67.50089255
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Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) | Life expectancy at birth, male (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
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source