Europe & Central Asia | 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
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Europe & Central Asia | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 64.48836637
1961 64.72284265
1962 64.56488808
1963 64.86260764
1964 65.34970417
1965 65.30607619
1966 65.4332087
1967 65.39164964
1968 65.30323876
1969 65.02120985
1970 65.43885254
1971 65.58590802
1972 65.8227308
1973 65.93652497
1974 66.09277986
1975 65.98919444
1976 66.10130225
1977 66.2082275
1978 66.26143161
1979 66.34174675
1980 66.46125447
1981 66.7546304
1982 67.0809937
1983 67.12544981
1984 67.23351438
1985 67.52388137
1986 68.20882136
1987 68.42229235
1988 68.48531523
1989 68.53475463
1990 68.4514858
1991 68.38242685
1992 68.05642015
1993 67.5408249
1994 67.57968431
1995 67.72708104
1996 68.26560225
1997 68.77280233
1998 69.13867274
1999 69.08079859
2000 69.30093402
2001 69.59939307
2002 69.74811414
2003 69.90120755
2004 70.33090431
2005 70.49107156
2006 71.05059633
2007 71.46108425
2008 71.79021246
2009 72.24196253
2010 72.58017638
2011 73.06285725
2012 73.32802777
2013 73.7049077
2014 74.02367406
2015 74.03465391
2016 74.37818624
2017 74.67793476
2018 74.81139356
2019 75.1110127
2020 73.8419574
2021 73.50366375
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Europe & Central Asia | 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
Records
63
Source