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