St. Martin (French part) | 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
Collectivity of Saint Martin
Records
63
Source
St. Martin (French part) | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
67.865 1960
67.704 1961
68.387 1962
69.384 1963
69.495 1964
68.489 1965
69.541 1966
70.031 1967
70.002 1968
70.733 1969
71.569 1970
71.453 1971
71.631 1972
71.82 1973
71.961 1974
72.118 1975
72.226 1976
72.235 1977
72.302 1978
72.387 1979
72.487 1980
72.665 1981
73.018 1982
72.624 1983
72.795 1984
72.617 1985
73.449 1986
73.581 1987
74.226 1988
74.233 1989
74.463 1990
75.917 1991
75.327 1992
75.483 1993
75.654 1994
75.821 1995
75.98 1996
76.154 1997
76.326 1998
76.502 1999
76.663 2000
76.847 2001
77.031 2002
77.206 2003
77.384 2004
77.555 2005
77.726 2006
77.892 2007
78.068 2008
78.236 2009
78.406 2010
78.827 2011
79.022 2012
78.908 2013
79.966 2014
79.309 2015
79.475 2016
78.59 2017
80.614 2018
79.983 2019
80.149 2020
80.379 2021
2022

St. Martin (French part) | 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
Collectivity of Saint Martin
Records
63
Source