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