Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
Macao SAR, China | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
64.965 1960
65.485 1961
65.946 1962
66.386 1963
66.8 1964
67.199 1965
67.647 1966
68.028 1967
68.44 1968
68.845 1969
69.198 1970
69.582 1971
70.044 1972
70.568 1973
70.995 1974
71.419 1975
71.85 1976
72.263 1977
72.69 1978
73.07 1979
73.504 1980
73.932 1981
74.342 1982
74.703 1983
75.08 1984
75.478 1985
75.862 1986
76.272 1987
76.603 1988
77.035 1989
77.424 1990
77.904 1991
78.28 1992
78.63 1993
78.993 1994
79.349 1995
79.971 1996
80.162 1997
80.352 1998
80.652 1999
80.959 2000
81.179 2001
81.293 2002
81.501 2003
81.691 2004
82.033 2005
82.257 2006
82.543 2007
82.893 2008
83.276 2009
83.109 2010
83.229 2011
83.326 2012
83.727 2013
83.883 2014
83.984 2015
84.231 2016
84.563 2017
84.928 2018
84.978 2019
85.184 2020
85.399 2021
2022
Macao SAR, China | 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
Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source