Turks and Caicos Islands | 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.
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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, total (years)
55.032 1960
55.313 1961
56.266 1962
58.107 1963
60.159 1964
61.102 1965
60.757 1966
59.757 1967
58.474 1968
57.195 1969
56.31 1970
56.28 1971
57.391 1972
60.172 1973
64.501 1974
67.985 1975
69.865 1976
70.584 1977
70.227 1978
69.37 1979
68.699 1980
68.429 1981
68.389 1982
68.634 1983
68.872 1984
69.197 1985
69.592 1986
70.168 1987
70.411 1988
69.941 1989
69.001 1990
68.888 1991
69.64 1992
69.625 1993
68.447 1994
68.308 1995
71.287 1996
72.365 1997
73.964 1998
74.01 1999
73.575 2000
74.131 2001
75.54 2002
75.411 2003
76.786 2004
77.148 2005
76.831 2006
75.914 2007
76.632 2008
77.164 2009
76.243 2010
76.195 2011
77.037 2012
77.018 2013
77.135 2014
76.912 2015
76.864 2016
76.702 2017
76.443 2018
75.326 2019
75.001 2020
74.587 2021
2022
Turks and Caicos Islands | 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
Turks and Caicos Islands
Records
63
Source