Lower middle income | Life expectancy at birth, male (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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Lower middle income
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63
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Lower middle income | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 46.43846166
1961 46.77685548
1962 47.14702845
1963 47.49805587
1964 47.89222922
1965 47.34871455
1966 47.77951032
1967 47.98069561
1968 48.91476206
1969 49.31609231
1970 49.31777175
1971 48.09115651
1972 50.28993102
1973 50.85077626
1974 51.25532926
1975 51.88592423
1976 52.36454682
1977 52.86191787
1978 53.21767525
1979 53.65850498
1980 54.08485069
1981 54.40728234
1982 54.78077379
1983 55.22019614
1984 55.69592225
1985 56.09945333
1986 56.53376909
1987 56.88373947
1988 57.20117288
1989 57.61722645
1990 57.88542327
1991 58.08276314
1992 58.45517778
1993 58.70308374
1994 58.95710236
1995 59.23474895
1996 59.54329497
1997 59.89141021
1998 60.31840066
1999 60.77795185
2000 61.03894481
2001 61.33984727
2002 61.71428785
2003 62.01378096
2004 62.31659948
2005 62.62594209
2006 62.9582805
2007 63.18849426
2008 63.34823898
2009 63.74427815
2010 64.10104727
2011 64.51790616
2012 64.90549307
2013 65.29958229
2014 65.78118664
2015 66.21431649
2016 66.62619224
2017 66.9269885
2018 67.16919585
2019 67.32945206
2020 66.66350723
2021 65.03643641
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Lower middle income | Life expectancy at birth, male (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
Lower middle income
Records
63
Source