IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
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IDA blend | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 42.66106751
1961 43.28011677
1962 44.24675592
1963 44.84032066
1964 45.38986925
1965 45.9137155
1966 46.62649373
1967 46.48164446
1968 47.31632046
1969 47.86962231
1970 48.8487544
1971 46.8958077
1972 49.83804088
1973 50.29026834
1974 50.58876021
1975 51.034379
1976 51.38843514
1977 51.60990993
1978 51.86382365
1979 52.13805511
1980 52.66014529
1981 53.10440318
1982 53.28203684
1983 53.59514214
1984 53.75520505
1985 53.90721597
1986 53.98804239
1987 53.85447869
1988 53.84273796
1989 53.92898399
1990 53.90912587
1991 53.84079796
1992 53.79367604
1993 53.67797248
1994 53.5661175
1995 53.31904539
1996 53.423688
1997 53.41804675
1998 53.74852736
1999 54.17613273
2000 54.68603817
2001 54.95697182
2002 55.32857426
2003 55.62802886
2004 55.86837542
2005 55.8821265
2006 56.55918623
2007 56.71435255
2008 56.96791982
2009 57.29456427
2010 57.63460541
2011 57.99263356
2012 58.18830507
2013 58.46295854
2014 58.60539767
2015 58.82628602
2016 59.10753393
2017 59.31828935
2018 59.54308477
2019 59.83780749
2020 59.364814
2021 59.04708374
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IDA blend | 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
IDA blend
Records
63
Source