Middle East & North Africa | Life expectancy at birth, male (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.
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The World Bank
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Middle East & North Africa
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Middle East & North Africa | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
43.54772371 1960
44.77693942 1961
45.04649115 1962
45.81835788 1963
46.51981153 1964
47.12926685 1965
48.08047972 1966
48.49931094 1967
48.94955097 1968
49.51731577 1969
50.09468165 1970
50.80006679 1971
51.38828409 1972
51.79421544 1973
52.62403709 1974
53.13884159 1975
53.67828343 1976
54.94456764 1977
55.48410042 1978
56.58439796 1979
56.63629981 1980
56.06225491 1981
56.42841658 1982
57.94466235 1983
59.46102981 1984
60.21587042 1985
60.66532646 1986
61.52762254 1987
61.8882257 1988
63.18469886 1989
63.19054258 1990
64.37549582 1991
65.00110394 1992
65.35389126 1993
65.43123891 1994
65.74296079 1995
66.10127264 1996
66.35424344 1997
66.64203161 1998
67.03263814 1999
67.3209483 2000
67.6854377 2001
68.02984873 2002
67.86219153 2003
68.26423768 2004
68.52895221 2005
68.63130711 2006
68.99282181 2007
69.43078566 2008
69.84310374 2009
70.08112721 2010
70.33141459 2011
70.17905874 2012
70.21633351 2013
70.51710797 2014
70.8328114 2015
70.9661631 2016
71.36827964 2017
71.64244588 2018
71.86226927 2019
70.81257616 2020
70.64033286 2021
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Middle East & North Africa | Life expectancy at birth, male (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
Middle East & North Africa
Records
63
Source