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