North Macedonia | 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
Republic of Macedonia
Records
63
Source
North Macedonia | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
56.22304878 1960
57.79982927 1961
57.52334146 1962
56.69934146 1963
58.98592683 1964
60.00192683 1965
61.95985366 1966
62.12785366 1967
62.86378049 1968
63.02656098 1969
63.71939024 1970
64.61760976 1971
65.54914634 1972
65.93612195 1973
66.592 1974
66.98778049 1975
67.74556098 1976
68.44343902 1977
69.35914634 1978
69.65021951 1979
69.24712195 1980
69.8104878 1981
69.95556098 1982
69.48268293 1983
70.0217561 1984
70.08207317 1985
70.383 1986
70.37660976 1987
70.81943902 1988
71.13682927 1989
71.23380488 1990
71.84443902 1991
71.24407317 1992
71.92529268 1993
71.69268293 1994
71.84878049 1995
72.49512195 1996
72.44634146 1997
72.29756098 1998
72.7902439 1999
72.94634146 2000
73.43658537 2001
73.03902439 2002
73.24146341 2003
73.59756098 2004
73.69756098 2005
73.89512195 2006
73.8 2007
74.4 2008
74.44634146 2009
74.99756098 2010
75.1 2011
74.90243902 2012
75.4 2013
75.45121951 2014
75.40243902 2015
75.4 2016
75.95365854 2017
76.64878049 2018
76.60243902 2019
74.39512195 2020
74.53682927 2021
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North Macedonia | 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
Republic of Macedonia
Records
63
Source