Hungary | 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
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Hungary
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63
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Hungary | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 68.00317073
1961 68.93609756
1962 67.86585366
1963 68.87414634
1964 69.38097561
1965 69.07121951
1966 69.82243902
1967 69.40707317
1968 69.2302439
1969 69.31463415
1970 69.16463415
1971 69.05243902
1972 69.66463415
1973 69.51804878
1974 69.24804878
1975 69.29
1976 69.57317073
1977 69.84804878
1978 69.39390244
1979 69.61536585
1980 69.06170732
1981 69.13926829
1982 69.35780488
1983 68.97365854
1984 69.02585366
1985 68.97219512
1986 69.17341463
1987 69.65121951
1988 70.02341463
1989 69.46170732
1990 69.31560976
1991 69.37707317
1992 69.11707317
1993 69.10121951
1994 69.4697561
1995 69.79170732
1996 70.32878049
1997 70.70243902
1998 70.55780488
1999 70.67707317
2000 71.24634146
2001 72.24878049
2002 72.34878049
2003 72.3
2004 72.64878049
2005 72.64878049
2006 73.09756098
2007 73.15121951
2008 73.70243902
2009 73.90487805
2010 74.20731707
2011 74.85853659
2012 75.06341463
2013 75.56585366
2014 75.76341463
2015 75.56829268
2016 76.06341463
2017 75.81707317
2018 76.06585366
2019 76.3195122
2020 75.56829268
2021 74.46585366
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Hungary | 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
Hungary
Records
63
Source