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