Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 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
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 56.409
1961 57.11
1962 57.803
1963 58.176
1964 58.532
1965 59.11
1966 59.337
1967 59.873
1968 60.193
1969 60.662
1970 61.035
1971 61.518
1972 61.781
1973 62.139
1974 62.499
1975 62.802
1976 63.092
1977 63.363
1978 63.72
1979 63.78
1980 64.212
1981 64.478
1982 64.821
1983 65.282
1984 65.749
1985 65.97
1986 66.172
1987 66.292
1988 66.859
1989 67.096
1990 67.425
1991 67.619
1992 67.832
1993 68.059
1994 68.095
1995 68.553
1996 68.776
1997 69.229
1998 69.465
1999 69.706
2000 69.769
2001 70.479
2002 69.46
2003 70.76
2004 70.838
2005 70.884
2006 71.093
2007 71.06
2008 71.137
2009 71.112
2010 71.233
2011 71.318
2012 71.398
2013 71.499
2014 71.529
2015 71.408
2016 71.595
2017 71.467
2018 71.318
2019 71.077
2020 70.674
2021 70.71
2022

Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 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
Federated States of Micronesia
Records
63
Source