Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
68.52013499 1960
68.783931 1961
68.62551599 1962
69.21144644 1963
69.68179451 1964
69.66929948 1965
69.93182037 1966
69.81030634 1967
70.05652743 1968
69.80204068 1969
70.52999502 1970
70.82691013 1971
70.95488818 1972
71.07696937 1973
71.32673533 1974
71.21412458 1975
71.23768368 1976
71.39707606 1977
71.48644829 1978
71.49182115 1979
71.63202742 1980
71.92656384 1981
72.2146381 1982
72.23556688 1983
72.1291568 1984
72.29334947 1985
72.94601964 1986
73.08036483 1987
73.16413299 1988
73.39254248 1989
73.4178149 1990
73.13668803 1991
72.420902 1992
72.05248514 1993
72.30674593 1994
72.2697237 1995
72.66409218 1996
72.97008341 1997
73.32742003 1998
73.07586837 1999
73.37450159 2000
73.52220878 2001
73.60759374 2002
73.74414202 2003
74.10638722 2004
74.21163537 2005
74.67096495 2006
75.06898139 2007
75.3005247 2008
75.72837181 2009
75.94908127 2010
76.37454363 2011
76.66548149 2012
77.05551822 2013
77.2608306 2014
77.40415019 2015
77.68856696 2016
78.00216463 2017
78.16147571 2018
78.41334366 2019
76.84665695 2020
75.9952221 2021
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Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source