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)
68.00317073 1960
68.93609756 1961
67.86585366 1962
68.87414634 1963
69.38097561 1964
69.07121951 1965
69.82243902 1966
69.40707317 1967
69.2302439 1968
69.31463415 1969
69.16463415 1970
69.05243902 1971
69.66463415 1972
69.51804878 1973
69.24804878 1974
69.29 1975
69.57317073 1976
69.84804878 1977
69.39390244 1978
69.61536585 1979
69.06170732 1980
69.13926829 1981
69.35780488 1982
68.97365854 1983
69.02585366 1984
68.97219512 1985
69.17341463 1986
69.65121951 1987
70.02341463 1988
69.46170732 1989
69.31560976 1990
69.37707317 1991
69.11707317 1992
69.10121951 1993
69.4697561 1994
69.79170732 1995
70.32878049 1996
70.70243902 1997
70.55780488 1998
70.67707317 1999
71.24634146 2000
72.24878049 2001
72.34878049 2002
72.3 2003
72.64878049 2004
72.64878049 2005
73.09756098 2006
73.15121951 2007
73.70243902 2008
73.90487805 2009
74.20731707 2010
74.85853659 2011
75.06341463 2012
75.56585366 2013
75.76341463 2014
75.56829268 2015
76.06341463 2016
75.81707317 2017
76.06585366 2018
76.3195122 2019
75.56829268 2020
74.46585366 2021
2022
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