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