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