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