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)
70.707 1960
70.502 1961
70.755 1962
71.911 1963
71.952 1964
71.249 1965
72.385 1966
73.154 1967
73.28 1968
73.953 1969
74.329 1970
74.059 1971
74.514 1972
74.742 1973
74.922 1974
75.092 1975
75.221 1976
75.279 1977
75.415 1978
75.633 1979
75.823 1980
76.07 1981
76.606 1982
76.208 1983
76.348 1984
76.158 1985
76.901 1986
77.017 1987
77.573 1988
77.573 1989
77.789 1990
79.109 1991
78.621 1992
78.811 1993
78.99 1994
79.179 1995
79.356 1996
79.533 1997
79.709 1998
79.884 1999
80.062 2000
80.247 2001
80.432 2002
80.606 2003
80.789 2004
80.961 2005
81.132 2006
81.302 2007
81.472 2008
81.64 2009
81.808 2010
83.25 2011
82.24 2012
82.044 2013
83.008 2014
82.613 2015
82.779 2016
81.55 2017
84.282 2018
83.26 2019
83.423 2020
83.624 2021
2022
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