Israel | 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
State of Israel
Records
63
Source
Israel | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960
72.00658537 1961
72.11219512 1962
1963
1964
1965
72.28560976 1966
71.5097561 1967
71.05658537 1968
70.9704878 1969
71.21341463 1970
71.71902439 1971
71.07804878 1972
71.69341463 1973
71.66170732 1974
72.04512195 1975
72.95609756 1976
72.95853659 1977
73.20731707 1978
73.50731707 1979
73.87560976 1980
74.26097561 1981
74.1097561 1982
74.45853659 1983
74.80731707 1984
75.20731707 1985
74.95609756 1986
75.25853659 1987
74.43658537 1988
76.30731707 1989
76.60731707 1990
76.75853659 1991
76.50487805 1992
77.15365854 1993
77.40243902 1994
77.45121951 1995
78.10487805 1996
78 1997
78.14878049 1998
78.65853659 1999
78.95365854 2000
79.40731707 2001
79.45121951 2002
79.64878049 2003
80.14634146 2004
80.15121951 2005
80.55365854 2006
80.50487805 2007
80.95121951 2008
81.40487805 2009
81.60243902 2010
81.65609756 2011
81.70487805 2012
82.05609756 2013
82.15365854 2014
82.05121951 2015
82.40731707 2016
82.55121951 2017
82.80243902 2018
82.80487805 2019
82.64878049 2020
82.5 2021
2022
Israel | 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
State of Israel
Records
63
Source