Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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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Fragile and conflict affected situations
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63
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Fragile and conflict affected situations | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
43.99055309 1960
44.27138426 1961
44.72412093 1962
44.95636938 1963
45.46434461 1964
45.5768714 1965
45.61778678 1966
45.69830665 1967
46.12794105 1968
46.25221332 1969
46.7487356 1970
47.3750955 1971
47.40886706 1972
48.02151772 1973
48.18287633 1974
48.3486576 1975
48.81073982 1976
49.3043275 1977
49.37372553 1978
49.63484586 1979
49.80272131 1980
49.90247255 1981
49.78227591 1982
49.25626572 1983
49.00518933 1984
49.23788228 1985
49.8371268 1986
50.21679258 1987
49.78000274 1988
50.91084909 1989
50.90708532 1990
51.03050814 1991
51.03654332 1992
51.42971183 1993
52.16140822 1994
51.81192686 1995
51.89177816 1996
52.20338467 1997
51.90824208 1998
52.64961229 1999
53.4754341 2000
53.74201578 2001
54.15056193 2002
54.387835 2003
54.64118349 2004
55.00747701 2005
55.50769628 2006
55.97185321 2007
56.1391791 2008
57.10801449 2009
57.42680797 2010
58.04381785 2011
58.19942605 2012
58.43947798 2013
58.65528667 2014
58.95161059 2015
59.17715751 2016
59.52618865 2017
59.82317142 2018
60.14148581 2019
59.58723347 2020
59.03929192 2021
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Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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
Fragile and conflict affected situations
Records
63
Source