Ukraine | 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
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Ukraine
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63
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Ukraine | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
69.48504878 1960
69.57236585 1961
69.33458537 1962
69.7874878 1963
70.2055122 1964
69.86839024 1965
69.73095122 1966
69.56153659 1967
69.55478049 1968
68.97560976 1969
68.80897561 1970
69.0377561 1971
68.91729268 1972
69.04309756 1973
68.93402439 1974
69.04631707 1975
69.04285366 1976
68.81856098 1977
68.75997561 1978
68.46968293 1979
68.33017073 1980
68.59819512 1981
68.87568293 1982
68.84639024 1983
68.50580488 1984
68.61312195 1985
70.06629268 1986
70.49512195 1987
70.49756098 1988
70.5195122 1989
70.09756098 1990
69.29804878 1991
68.77097561 1992
68.13073171 1993
67.54121951 1994
66.74195122 1995
67.02243902 1996
67.57634146 1997
68.37487805 1998
67.98097561 1999
67.67560976 2000
67.83707317 2001
68.27560976 2002
68.21073171 2003
68.18536585 2004
67.95682927 2005
68.07756098 2006
68.22219512 2007
68.25146341 2008
69.19 2009
70.26536585 2010
70.80926829 2011
70.94414634 2012
71.1595122 2013
71.18658537 2014
71.1895122 2015
71.47634146 2016
71.78097561 2017
71.58268293 2018
71.82731707 2019
71.18512195 2020
69.64780488 2021
2022
Ukraine | 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
Ukraine
Records
63
Source