St. Kitts and Nevis | 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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source
St. Kitts and Nevis | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
54.349 1960
53.982 1961
55.506 1962
56.99 1963
57.228 1964
57.4 1965
57.779 1966
58.279 1967
58.695 1968
58.539 1969
58.497 1970
57.69 1971
57.135 1972
57.301 1973
58.547 1974
59.691 1975
59.905 1976
60.299 1977
60.159 1978
60.355 1979
60.316 1980
61.411 1981
62.335 1982
62.869 1983
62.853 1984
62.747 1985
62.593 1986
62.667 1987
62.917 1988
62.464 1989
62.778 1990
63.656 1991
64.27 1992
64.983 1993
64.602 1994
64.391 1995
64.704 1996
65.192 1997
65.216 1998
66.445 1999
67.348 2000
67.673 2001
67.447 2002
67.378 2003
67.755 2004
68.309 2005
68.453 2006
68.365 2007
68.265 2008
68.129 2009
68.376 2010
68.722 2011
68.812 2012
68.128 2013
67.472 2014
67.114 2015
68.036 2016
68.212 2017
68.206 2018
68.294 2019
68.322 2020
68.346 2021
2022
St. Kitts and Nevis | 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
St. Kitts and Nevis
Records
63
Source