Upper middle income | Life expectancy at birth, male (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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Upper middle income
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63
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Upper middle income | Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
1960 41.48486437
1961 45.72455496
1962 51.38445508
1963 51.92328103
1964 52.55996317
1965 52.34149724
1966 53.4028295
1967 54.08724386
1968 54.58906492
1969 55.04820013
1970 55.71459505
1971 56.51075286
1972 57.13811723
1973 57.82156455
1974 58.31892798
1975 58.80651803
1976 59.40736241
1977 59.93092427
1978 60.42704712
1979 60.89489755
1980 61.31549922
1981 61.75171929
1982 62.21644157
1983 62.63339585
1984 62.9987722
1985 63.42026825
1986 63.9123078
1987 64.21751518
1988 64.40974505
1989 64.68176686
1990 64.85940929
1991 65.18170367
1992 65.46311527
1993 65.56370871
1994 65.85538963
1995 66.18978092
1996 66.578785
1997 66.98914696
1998 67.32576446
1999 67.55841422
2000 67.81409476
2001 68.14498892
2002 68.44256663
2003 68.67682943
2004 68.8493227
2005 69.29023126
2006 69.67202942
2007 69.94181865
2008 70.1708164
2009 70.58205319
2010 70.83624849
2011 71.14332301
2012 71.42942653
2013 71.71687294
2014 71.98818718
2015 72.20340284
2016 72.32854859
2017 72.4359881
2018 72.87658916
2019 73.11143826
2020 72.20728416
2021 71.79245187
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Upper middle income | Life expectancy at birth, male (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