European Union | 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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European Union | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
66.49132719 1960
66.84347471 1961
66.63138295 1962
66.94814917 1963
67.41579606 1964
67.51127641 1965
67.77615574 1966
67.72498521 1967
67.68787498 1968
67.43718765 1969
67.8217681 1970
67.89337614 1971
68.27706729 1972
68.37026119 1973
68.65725603 1974
68.61076086 1975
68.8450336 1976
69.10177435 1977
69.16787042 1978
69.41862693 1979
69.41150894 1980
69.75146917 1981
70.03652087 1982
70.06408777 1983
70.32584961 1984
70.40999337 1985
70.69094527 1986
70.90937374 1987
71.11087241 1988
71.19301588 1989
71.20366018 1990
71.27851321 1991
71.58180177 1992
71.75152317 1993
72.0113321 1994
72.15978521 1995
72.47556134 1996
72.84753344 1997
73.15736593 1998
73.42384648 1999
73.80659605 2000
74.20123956 2001
74.34104535 2002
74.46903632 2003
74.98009005 2004
75.16233528 2005
75.55994929 2006
75.83864576 2007
76.12803164 2008
76.37343301 2009
76.66701696 2010
77.16706491 2011
77.26907931 2012
77.62793746 2013
78.04948053 2014
77.82753641 2015
78.19021825 2016
78.26326409 2017
78.35146685 2018
78.66590541 2019
77.73558233 2020
77.65890245 2021
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European Union | 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
European Union
Records
63
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