Latin America & Caribbean | 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
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Latin America & Caribbean
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63
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Latin America & Caribbean | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 57.45534547
1961 58.00586572
1962 58.46323756
1963 58.88689782
1964 59.41477118
1965 59.86276561
1966 60.26201846
1967 60.66707628
1968 61.07126353
1969 61.43478556
1970 61.47288314
1971 62.35075233
1972 62.76203178
1973 63.35295733
1974 63.77527084
1975 64.37746973
1976 64.64905408
1977 65.32869595
1978 65.77299245
1979 66.17554837
1980 66.60403965
1981 67.16163063
1982 67.51957126
1983 68.02768708
1984 68.44706194
1985 68.69483814
1986 69.32352738
1987 69.78052768
1988 70.19837341
1989 70.61802336
1990 71.01500037
1991 71.38499261
1992 71.7252589
1993 72.06638468
1994 72.40929108
1995 72.7550819
1996 73.11842389
1997 73.48396869
1998 73.70156402
1999 74.11449086
2000 74.56404615
2001 74.84243279
2002 75.16770535
2003 75.26610781
2004 75.59705114
2005 75.92541598
2006 76.12905044
2007 76.26441431
2008 76.4669692
2009 76.64338422
2010 76.52128478
2011 77.00052747
2012 77.2492793
2013 77.43955184
2014 77.6037892
2015 77.71638891
2016 77.76671891
2017 77.83113665
2018 77.97540504
2019 78.17531138
2020 76.59631668
2021 75.69983429
2022
Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source