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