Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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
Origin
Fragile and conflict affected situations
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63
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Fragile and conflict affected situations | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
48.60006586 1960
48.95096092 1961
49.14997223 1962
49.53793006 1963
50.04657598 1964
50.1550772 1965
50.05781774 1966
50.47091371 1967
50.89336947 1968
50.97458192 1969
51.23822152 1970
51.75116462 1971
51.73221138 1972
52.30734476 1973
52.41831658 1974
52.77201108 1975
53.24703073 1976
53.79606702 1977
53.99792511 1978
54.22092011 1979
54.51783142 1980
54.70815619 1981
54.80613987 1982
54.10586866 1983
54.087531 1984
54.18714217 1985
54.8229486 1986
55.36197665 1987
54.97555165 1988
55.81919336 1989
55.86336612 1990
55.72786982 1991
55.67667075 1992
56.06468401 1993
56.53414143 1994
56.33198155 1995
56.40906638 1996
56.68840083 1997
56.58714726 1998
57.25871607 1999
57.65734997 2000
57.8279749 2001
58.25329788 2002
58.56586023 2003
58.80586405 2004
59.22741862 2005
59.69943277 2006
60.16868213 2007
59.99756355 2008
61.11441743 2009
61.27503296 2010
61.97432112 2011
62.22839329 2012
62.5923774 2013
62.86481649 2014
63.17452261 2015
63.51459766 2016
63.89276144 2017
64.22589286 2018
64.49257257 2019
64.04628103 2020
63.59146024 2021
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Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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
Fragile and conflict affected situations
Records
63
Source