Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 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
Origin
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Records
63
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Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 39.21590586
1961 39.51056825
1962 40.19694971
1963 40.26173376
1964 40.71293049
1965 40.84746884
1966 40.83508533
1967 41.4407574
1968 41.77606688
1969 42.00879169
1970 42.32401344
1971 42.63237167
1972 42.45705167
1973 43.23789204
1974 43.29799735
1975 43.65769712
1976 44.2676073
1977 44.61489329
1978 44.71004664
1979 45.0906874
1980 45.51376569
1981 45.79398093
1982 45.96834255
1983 44.74792475
1984 44.45977923
1985 44.8636084
1986 45.69146742
1987 46.28866115
1988 46.12081474
1989 47.33253684
1990 47.31779243
1991 47.44972974
1992 47.42427771
1993 48.08218232
1994 48.59966052
1995 49.03244564
1996 49.1565868
1997 49.51996816
1998 49.18150669
1999 50.1362856
2000 51.24752264
2001 51.74657362
2002 52.25005345
2003 52.85418109
2004 53.36124707
2005 53.97556192
2006 54.79572077
2007 55.38675545
2008 55.95776266
2009 56.62176737
2010 56.94484089
2011 57.74353865
2012 58.27738236
2013 58.73717094
2014 59.21261519
2015 59.62328113
2016 60.11564776
2017 60.4941834
2018 60.81934543
2019 61.17150858
2020 60.55069239
2021 60.01612089
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Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 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
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Records
63
Source