Middle income | 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 income
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63
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Middle income | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 43.63264712
1961 46.1858475
1962 49.51765021
1963 49.9739523
1964 50.50315364
1965 50.14104684
1966 50.92684426
1967 51.39970092
1968 52.09300393
1969 52.52881709
1970 52.90565182
1971 52.81868497
1972 54.13613032
1973 54.7631903
1974 55.21479222
1975 55.75739606
1976 56.2941116
1977 56.79366084
1978 57.2151543
1979 57.65798277
1980 58.06489158
1981 58.43113613
1982 58.83797645
1983 59.24981699
1984 59.64957566
1985 60.04690637
1986 60.4978047
1987 60.81138193
1988 61.05005608
1989 61.37675695
1990 61.58460519
1991 61.83365378
1992 62.14334742
1993 62.29938802
1994 62.5588156
1995 62.85116568
1996 63.18684154
1997 63.55248558
1998 63.91772593
1999 64.2454337
2000 64.4875318
2001 64.78670708
2002 65.10593236
2003 65.35663306
2004 65.57819164
2005 65.93781993
2006 66.27941805
2007 66.51363507
2008 66.69331965
2009 67.08300783
2010 67.37502074
2011 67.72475442
2012 68.05170594
2013 68.38314815
2014 68.75233685
2015 69.07036854
2016 69.33519636
2017 69.53434714
2018 69.8600311
2019 70.04455909
2020 69.25479559
2021 68.17874137
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Middle income | 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 income
Records
63
Source