Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
Macao SAR, China | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 66.46
1961 67.054
1962 67.539
1963 67.997
1964 68.412
1965 68.816
1966 69.226
1967 69.625
1968 70.108
1969 70.52
1970 70.903
1971 71.294
1972 71.859
1973 72.407
1974 72.881
1975 73.326
1976 73.786
1977 74.256
1978 74.686
1979 75.08
1980 75.471
1981 75.915
1982 76.371
1983 76.767
1984 77.15
1985 77.561
1986 77.942
1987 78.39
1988 78.643
1989 79.1
1990 79.468
1991 80.052
1992 80.51
1993 80.93
1994 81.361
1995 81.799
1996 82.642
1997 82.769
1998 83.177
1999 83.571
2000 83.49
2001 83.955
2002 84.138
2003 84.299
2004 84.498
2005 84.739
2006 85.163
2007 85.496
2008 85.83
2009 86.098
2010 86.164
2011 86.292
2012 86.341
2013 86.831
2014 86.773
2015 86.784
2016 87.018
2017 87.094
2018 87.439
2019 87.573
2020 87.771
2021 87.948
2022
Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source