St. Kitts and Nevis | Life expectancy at birth, female (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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source
St. Kitts and Nevis | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
57.197 1960
57.414 1961
58.584 1962
59.931 1963
60.538 1964
61.483 1965
61.94 1966
62.397 1967
62.575 1968
62.82 1969
63.827 1970
63.551 1971
62.984 1972
62.995 1973
64.666 1974
66.301 1975
67.32 1976
67.119 1977
66.405 1978
65.951 1979
66.283 1980
66.204 1981
66.085 1982
66.25 1983
67.589 1984
68.815 1985
68.406 1986
68.27 1987
67.954 1988
67.524 1989
67.61 1990
68.682 1991
69.74 1992
70.218 1993
70.055 1994
70.011 1995
69.996 1996
70.589 1997
70.226 1998
71.015 1999
72.29 2000
72.838 2001
73.672 2002
74.466 2003
75.196 2004
74.639 2005
74.317 2006
74.614 2007
74.768 2008
74.995 2009
74.434 2010
74.614 2011
74.795 2012
75.196 2013
74.928 2014
74.921 2015
75.941 2016
75.922 2017
75.085 2018
75.195 2019
75.266 2020
75.341 2021
2022
St. Kitts and Nevis | Life expectancy at birth, female (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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source