Montenegro | 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.
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The World Bank
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Montenegro
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63
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Montenegro | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 64.87360976
1961 65.41912195
1962 65.89797561
1963 66.81621951
1964 67.15053659
1965 67.98736585
1966 68.85468293
1967 68.86797561
1968 69.23768293
1969 69.00660976
1970 69.09219512
1971 69.53017073
1972 70.37419512
1973 70.59307317
1974 71.2207561
1975 71.1742439
1976 71.56995122
1977 71.35153659
1978 71.14492683
1979 70.48282927
1980 71.60912195
1981 71.23978049
1982 71.18114634
1983 71.13168293
1984 72.76826829
1985 73.85436585
1986 74.24546341
1987 75.09441463
1988 76.23753659
1989 75.53790244
1990 75.56687805
1991 75.68260976
1992 74.36536585
1993 74.63329268
1994 73.24553659
1995 74.109
1996 73.46302439
1997 73.47907317
1998 73.31421951
1999 72.6407561
2000 73.8184878
2001 74.06941463
2002 73.9064878
2003 73.93173171
2004 74.56395122
2005 73.98292683
2006 73.83902439
2007 74.33902439
2008 75.13658537
2009 75.14390244
2010 75.9902439
2011 75.98292683
2012 76.2
2013 76.4902439
2014 76.44146341
2015 76.44878049
2016 76.44146341
2017 76.48536585
2018 76.84146341
2019 76.68292683
2020 75.93170732
2021 73.82439024
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Montenegro | 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
Montenegro
Records
63
Source