Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
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Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
56.77763523 1960
57.33976406 1961
57.81116911 1962
58.27098521 1963
58.7805278 1964
59.22292719 1965
59.62095167 1966
60.01291755 1967
60.40930626 1968
60.79042156 1969
60.75564062 1970
61.68755959 1971
62.11269392 1972
62.67728693 1973
63.10326121 1974
63.68520767 1975
63.98730503 1976
64.64720098 1977
65.08615162 1978
65.5227622 1979
65.96439062 1980
66.51506898 1981
66.87060225 1982
67.41208107 1983
67.85059296 1984
68.11254962 1985
68.76604486 1986
69.25330892 1987
69.69743441 1988
70.14010055 1989
70.5746142 1990
70.92664352 1991
71.29721323 1992
71.64554571 1993
72.00482544 1994
72.37171526 1995
72.76268928 1996
73.10945945 1997
73.33543107 1998
73.80083318 1999
74.22162672 2000
74.57099065 2001
74.84332799 2002
74.98283627 2003
75.3085234 2004
75.63925424 2005
75.85734188 2006
75.99298663 2007
76.21293373 2008
76.39140846 2009
76.25399131 2010
76.77010554 2011
77.02986913 2012
77.22798828 2013
77.41698207 2014
77.51883641 2015
77.58952192 2016
77.6934387 2017
77.83769115 2018
78.04876167 2019
76.36433714 2020
75.43874181 2021
2022
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source