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