Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 54.6593273
1961 55.21742758
1962 55.67049336
1963 56.11368014
1964 56.61289085
1965 57.01500157
1966 57.43711219
1967 57.82981519
1968 58.21336694
1969 58.56712664
1970 58.63050147
1971 59.46247144
1972 59.82943031
1973 60.3818664
1974 60.80494693
1975 61.34350406
1976 61.57683934
1977 62.15446484
1978 62.53280983
1979 62.89034183
1980 63.32738806
1981 63.8326352
1982 64.17494232
1983 64.74249048
1984 65.16760052
1985 65.49998913
1986 66.10855763
1987 66.54297802
1988 66.96498697
1989 67.31516334
1990 67.61044255
1991 67.97699493
1992 68.31637781
1993 68.65192016
1994 69.03938678
1995 69.35496067
1996 69.73434146
1997 70.09810045
1998 70.35173833
1999 70.76090881
2000 71.07894918
2001 71.33828908
2002 71.69413262
2003 71.88138912
2004 72.20980904
2005 72.58930914
2006 72.80194423
2007 72.94517221
2008 73.17112544
2009 73.37942548
2010 73.26790988
2011 73.76476008
2012 73.99559559
2013 74.2498057
2014 74.45969343
2015 74.52116454
2016 74.48797044
2017 74.65534965
2018 74.77648839
2019 74.97182396
2020 72.92795485
2021 72.07490252
2022
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source