Malta | 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 Malta
Records
63
Source
Malta | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
68.21429268 1960
68.01360976 1961
68.38592683 1962
67.87195122 1963
68.79804878 1964
68.40156098 1965
68.6345122 1966
69.00978049 1967
69.66043902 1968
68.80921951 1969
69.06556098 1970
69.22253659 1971
70.72439024 1972
70.46870732 1973
71.51363415 1974
71.53163415 1975
71.46934146 1976
71.69421951 1977
71.78541463 1978
71.89426829 1979
72.039 1980
72.53521951 1981
70.82980488 1982
72.52092683 1983
72.87897561 1984
73.06368293 1985
73.62321951 1986
74.5062439 1987
74.71007317 1988
75.30412195 1989
75.87997561 1990
75.35546341 1991
75.27712195 1992
76.59934146 1993
76.49985366 1994
77.2902439 1995
77.34146341 1996
77.73902439 1997
77.58780488 1998
77.5 1999
78.34878049 2000
78.84390244 2001
78.73902439 2002
78.54634146 2003
79.25365854 2004
79.3 2005
79.43902439 2006
79.79268293 2007
79.63658537 2008
80.24146341 2009
81.39756098 2010
80.74634146 2011
80.74634146 2012
81.74634146 2013
82.04634146 2014
81.89756098 2015
82.45365854 2016
82.34634146 2017
82.44878049 2018
82.85853659 2019
82.34878049 2020
82.86097561 2021
2022
Malta | 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 Malta
Records
63
Source