Turks and Caicos Islands | 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.
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The World Bank
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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63
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Turks and Caicos Islands | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
1960 55.693
1961 56.106
1962 57.26
1963 59.584
1964 62.231
1965 63.551
1966 63.311
1967 62.307
1968 60.912
1969 59.452
1970 58.369
1971 58.225
1972 59.37
1973 62.409
1974 66.979
1975 70.353
1976 72.118
1977 73.068
1978 72.7
1979 71.846
1980 71.162
1981 70.933
1982 70.726
1983 70.668
1984 70.497
1985 70.598
1986 70.953
1987 71.521
1988 71.887
1989 72.042
1990 71.876
1991 71.612
1992 72.162
1993 72.028
1994 69.996
1995 70.399
1996 73.121
1997 73.6
1998 75.116
1999 75.284
2000 75.296
2001 75.898
2002 78.221
2003 78.442
2004 80.457
2005 80.599
2006 80.167
2007 78.906
2008 79.281
2009 79.655
2010 79.054
2011 78.906
2012 79.2
2013 79.266
2014 79.769
2015 79.604
2016 79.679
2017 79.731
2018 79.261
2019 78.371
2020 78.155
2021 77.702
2022
Turks and Caicos Islands | 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
Turks and Caicos Islands
Records
63
Source