St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 54.099
1961 55.414
1962 57.034
1963 58.492
1964 60.105
1965 61.705
1966 63.009
1967 64.053
1968 64.836
1969 65.416
1970 65.752
1971 65.898
1972 65.764
1973 65.683
1974 66.142
1975 66.465
1976 66.673
1977 67.023
1978 67.203
1979 67.79
1980 68.472
1981 68.801
1982 68.927
1983 69.683
1984 69.954
1985 70.353
1986 70.298
1987 70.681
1988 70.247
1989 70.392
1990 69.829
1991 70.233
1992 70.216
1993 70.357
1994 69.863
1995 70.087
1996 69.195
1997 69.015
1998 68.963
1999 68.76
2000 68.808
2001 69.264
2002 69.327
2003 69.821
2004 70.711
2005 71.071
2006 71.489
2007 72.245
2008 72.35
2009 72.571
2010 72.24
2011 72.221
2012 71.665
2013 71.443
2014 71.974
2015 71.99
2016 71.894
2017 71.98
2018 71.816
2019 70.533
2020 69.812
2021 67.354
2022
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Records
63
Source