Italy | 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
Origin
Italian Republic
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63
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Italy | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 69.12390244
1961 69.7602439
1962 69.1497561
1963 69.24804878
1964 70.31170732
1965 70.17170732
1966 70.92609756
1967 70.95658537
1968 70.78
1969 70.81195122
1970 71.55878049
1971 71.80682927
1972 72.07536585
1973 72.02634146
1974 72.73439024
1975 72.64731707
1976 72.99195122
1977 73.36463415
1978 73.69317073
1979 74.00268293
1980 73.94317073
1981 74.35390244
1982 74.81463415
1983 74.6402439
1984 75.3895122
1985 75.47073171
1986 75.77073171
1987 76.2195122
1988 76.37073171
1989 76.8195122
1990 76.97073171
1991 77.0195122
1992 77.4195122
1993 77.72195122
1994 77.92195122
1995 78.17073171
1996 78.52195122
1997 78.82439024
1998 78.97560976
1999 79.42439024
2000 79.77804878
2001 80.12682927
2002 80.22926829
2003 79.98292683
2004 80.7804878
2005 80.78292683
2006 81.28292683
2007 81.43414634
2008 81.48536585
2009 81.63658537
2010 82.03658537
2011 82.18780488
2012 82.23902439
2013 82.6902439
2014 83.0902439
2015 82.54390244
2016 83.24390244
2017 82.94634146
2018 83.34634146
2019 83.49756098
2020 82.19512195
2021 82.79512195
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Italy | 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
Italian Republic
Records
63
Source