Late-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, female (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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source
Late-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
46.37345759 1960
51.17983007 1961
57.62352948 1962
58.10079909 1963
58.71456652 1964
59.23719755 1965
59.72325898 1966
60.12033977 1967
60.51318508 1968
60.92876321 1969
61.6871888 1970
62.34845254 1971
62.85663252 1972
63.65193866 1973
64.29722926 1974
64.99292654 1975
65.59254824 1976
66.23253499 1977
66.7920628 1978
67.29988183 1979
67.80076478 1980
68.31871801 1981
68.76354819 1982
69.15781129 1983
69.47828105 1984
69.78941597 1985
70.26909002 1986
70.6106121 1987
70.87181079 1988
71.14747992 1989
71.30618701 1990
71.28453409 1991
71.60680816 1992
72.00528403 1993
72.21662396 1994
72.51802101 1995
72.79935239 1996
73.1776979 1997
73.69654075 1998
73.70072762 1999
74.14501493 2000
74.8937336 2001
75.18557767 2002
75.60527828 2003
75.91345177 2004
76.31618547 2005
76.69442459 2006
77.00365676 2007
77.13897898 2008
77.54028846 2009
77.80797658 2010
78.13430116 2011
78.42420599 2012
78.6880399 2013
78.95129406 2014
79.1755011 2015
79.46218806 2016
79.70273243 2017
79.96156526 2018
80.14886256 2019
79.99160257 2020
79.56627357 2021
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Late-demographic dividend | Life expectancy at birth, female (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
Late-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source