Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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.
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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, total (years)
1960 46.22520433
1961 46.5393849
1962 46.88261663
1963 47.18477638
1964 47.6973739
1965 47.80520879
1966 47.77566002
1967 48.01384229
1968 48.43915161
1969 48.54116339
1970 48.92454903
1971 49.49907995
1972 49.50588299
1973 50.10200156
1974 50.23585336
1975 50.48226858
1976 50.94580569
1977 51.47583424
1978 51.60690167
1979 51.85054782
1980 52.07331854
1981 52.20643123
1982 52.18485543
1983 51.57868782
1984 51.43058512
1985 51.6039522
1986 52.22752677
1987 52.67563327
1988 52.24655812
1989 53.27933664
1990 53.2987789
1991 53.30495984
1992 53.27782094
1993 53.66902143
1994 54.28468493
1995 53.999518
1996 54.07726747
1997 54.37432488
1998 54.16069427
1999 54.8761595
2000 55.50590381
2001 55.72511051
2002 56.14530965
2003 56.41520394
2004 56.66196962
2005 57.05489961
2006 57.54019855
2007 58.00744246
2008 58.01722426
2009 59.06137223
2010 59.30774096
2011 59.96614208
2012 60.16658424
2013 60.46601389
2014 60.70998736
2015 61.01430907
2016 61.291999
2017 61.65653622
2018 61.97135318
2019 62.26889953
2020 61.76175891
2021 61.25304717
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Fragile and conflict affected situations | 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
Fragile and conflict affected situations
Records
63
Source