High income | 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
High income
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63
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High income | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
65.68904338 1960
66.07375146 1961
65.98218516 1962
66.14240427 1963
66.56588029 1964
66.66902406 1965
66.87983549 1966
67.11801372 1967
66.86588414 1968
67.00316709 1969
67.31027423 1970
67.58646961 1971
67.80343088 1972
67.97579632 1973
68.36611748 1974
68.63285158 1975
68.89689542 1976
69.25239159 1977
69.38107717 1978
69.69426146 1979
69.76573507 1980
70.15021255 1981
70.48500285 1982
70.59155473 1983
70.86454243 1984
70.98839801 1985
71.26360358 1986
71.53628005 1987
71.6546648 1988
71.86402396 1989
71.96076137 1990
72.15002104 1991
72.42071403 1992
72.53039902 1993
72.79755825 1994
72.89068738 1995
73.32492163 1996
73.69523586 1997
73.9286442 1998
74.12218674 1999
74.49626571 2000
74.82889512 2001
75.01838328 2002
75.16867248 2003
75.60011654 2004
75.73989867 2005
76.07402688 2006
76.33283274 2007
76.5350542 2008
76.85561844 2009
77.07063412 2010
77.36043252 2011
77.53281488 2012
77.75234825 2013
78.01819303 2014
77.93729127 2015
78.08493934 2016
78.16414658 2017
78.2514939 2018
78.46598005 2019
77.43702301 2020
77.26862373 2021
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High income | 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
High income
Records
63
Source