Upper middle income | 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
Upper middle income
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63
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Upper middle income | Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
46.05914381 1960
50.51949506 1961
56.48744072 1962
56.99753554 1963
57.64588956 1964
57.81914406 1965
58.54163274 1966
59.15698419 1967
59.64512706 1968
60.08535988 1969
60.76196995 1970
61.50260044 1971
62.13231751 1972
62.8535803 1973
63.52493898 1974
64.08377003 1975
64.68997319 1976
65.33755254 1977
65.87689945 1978
66.38153461 1979
66.89153259 1980
67.38156261 1981
67.8215822 1982
68.2496255 1983
68.57644987 1984
68.93280459 1985
69.40740511 1986
69.74510848 1987
70.0127991 1988
70.27810988 1989
70.47101946 1990
70.50351658 1991
70.84563153 1992
71.21876971 1993
71.4443988 1994
71.83259202 1995
72.07462062 1996
72.42528965 1997
72.86319031 1998
72.88735587 1999
73.30674639 2000
73.96709649 2001
74.20005263 2002
74.47536441 2003
74.58902303 2004
75.07787786 2005
75.45909018 2006
75.74938347 2007
75.89021645 2008
76.31983198 2009
76.55441476 2010
76.85962671 2011
77.18817354 2012
77.48069235 2013
77.72345197 2014
77.94052598 2015
78.19359938 2016
78.44615662 2017
78.72073305 2018
78.9161663 2019
78.26815055 2020
77.79729074 2021
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Upper middle income | 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
Upper middle income
Records
63
Source