Finland | Life expectancy at birth, total (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
Republic of Finland
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63
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Finland | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 68.8197561
1961 68.84414634
1962 68.57780488
1963 69.01268293
1964 69.22097561
1965 68.97780488
1966 69.47707317
1967 69.66658537
1968 69.61634146
1969 69.50341463
1970 70.1795122
1971 70.01756098
1972 70.70731707
1973 71.22365854
1974 71.13487805
1975 71.67365854
1976 71.81292683
1977 72.3502439
1978 72.89707317
1979 73.15536585
1980 73.44
1981 73.74658537
1982 74.29804878
1983 74.20097561
1984 74.51902439
1985 74.22292683
1986 74.56
1987 74.59195122
1988 74.57707317
1989 74.79219512
1990 74.81317073
1991 75.22756098
1992 75.45536585
1993 75.70512195
1994 76.39560976
1995 76.4095122
1996 76.69341463
1997 76.87853659
1998 77.09073171
1999 77.29121951
2000 77.46585366
2001 77.96585366
2002 78.1195122
2003 78.36829268
2004 78.71463415
2005 78.81707317
2006 79.21463415
2007 79.26341463
2008 79.56829268
2009 79.7195122
2010 79.87073171
2011 80.47073171
2012 80.62682927
2013 80.97560976
2014 81.1804878
2015 81.4804878
2016 81.42926829
2017 81.63170732
2018 81.73414634
2019 81.98292683
2020 81.93170732
2021 81.93414634
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Finland | Life expectancy at birth, total (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
Republic of Finland
Records
63
Source