St. Martin (French part) | 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
Collectivity of Saint Martin
Records
63
Source
St. Martin (French part) | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 70.707
1961 70.502
1962 70.755
1963 71.911
1964 71.952
1965 71.249
1966 72.385
1967 73.154
1968 73.28
1969 73.953
1970 74.329
1971 74.059
1972 74.514
1973 74.742
1974 74.922
1975 75.092
1976 75.221
1977 75.279
1978 75.415
1979 75.633
1980 75.823
1981 76.07
1982 76.606
1983 76.208
1984 76.348
1985 76.158
1986 76.901
1987 77.017
1988 77.573
1989 77.573
1990 77.789
1991 79.109
1992 78.621
1993 78.811
1994 78.99
1995 79.179
1996 79.356
1997 79.533
1998 79.709
1999 79.884
2000 80.062
2001 80.247
2002 80.432
2003 80.606
2004 80.789
2005 80.961
2006 81.132
2007 81.302
2008 81.472
2009 81.64
2010 81.808
2011 83.25
2012 82.24
2013 82.044
2014 83.008
2015 82.613
2016 82.779
2017 81.55
2018 84.282
2019 83.26
2020 83.423
2021 83.624
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St. Martin (French part) | 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
Collectivity of Saint Martin
Records
63
Source