Lithuania | 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
Republic of Lithuania
Records
63
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Lithuania | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 69.84731707
1961 70.10268293
1962 69.09536585
1963 70.20439024
1964 71.50902439
1965 71.32512195
1966 71.5202439
1967 71.60390244
1968 71.31365854
1969 70.92853659
1970 70.80439024
1971 71.73536585
1972 71.02463415
1973 71.33219512
1974 71.24414634
1975 70.86731707
1976 70.95804878
1977 70.8095122
1978 70.60463415
1979 70.48219512
1980 70.48219512
1981 70.46073171
1982 70.83682927
1983 70.77780488
1984 70.32
1985 70.50121951
1986 72.08073171
1987 71.93463415
1988 71.76219512
1989 71.42536585
1990 71.16073171
1991 70.36414634
1992 70.23439024
1993 68.9104878
1994 68.5302439
1995 69.00634146
1996 70.10804878
1997 70.90902439
1998 71.2195122
1999 71.57073171
2000 72.0195122
2001 71.65853659
2002 71.76097561
2003 72.06097561
2004 71.96097561
2005 71.25365854
2006 71.05609756
2007 70.9
2008 71.81219512
2009 72.91463415
2010 73.26829268
2011 73.56341463
2012 73.86341463
2013 73.91463415
2014 74.51707317
2015 74.32195122
2016 74.67073171
2017 75.4804878
2018 75.6804878
2019 76.28292683
2020 74.97804878
2021 74.33902439
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Lithuania | 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
Republic of Lithuania
Records
63
Source