United Arab Emirates | 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
United Arab Emirates
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63
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United Arab Emirates | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 48.811
1961 49.695
1962 50.686
1963 51.584
1964 52.848
1965 53.985
1966 55.185
1967 56.339
1968 57.54
1969 58.76
1970 60.021
1971 61.211
1972 62.304
1973 63.351
1974 64.338
1975 65.08
1976 65.82
1977 66.514
1978 67.209
1979 67.846
1980 68.53
1981 69.085
1982 69.66
1983 69.949
1984 70.485
1985 70.747
1986 70.964
1987 71.491
1988 71.606
1989 71.757
1990 71.9
1991 72.241
1992 72.306
1993 72.521
1994 72.598
1995 72.695
1996 72.767
1997 72.937
1998 73.066
1999 73.67
2000 74.38
2001 74.636
2002 74.901
2003 76.222
2004 76.453
2005 76.683
2006 76.909
2007 77.129
2008 77.488
2009 78.003
2010 78.334
2011 78.517
2012 78.716
2013 78.853
2014 79.044
2015 79.223
2016 79.335
2017 79.504
2018 79.627
2019 79.726
2020 78.946
2021 78.71
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United Arab Emirates | 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
United Arab Emirates
Records
63
Source