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