Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
1960 63.74597561
1961 63.78453659
1962 63.65809756
1963 63.4234878
1964 64.61807317
1965 65.273
1966 64.92802439
1967 65.22395122
1968 65.63717073
1969 65.75919512
1970 65.83868293
1971 66.18321951
1972 66.38987805
1973 67.0704878
1974 67.28368293
1975 67.46780488
1976 67.66178049
1977 67.88134146
1978 68.04863415
1979 68.22021951
1980 68.52914634
1981 68.6955122
1982 69.10641463
1983 69.32456098
1984 69.52953659
1985 69.74280488
1986 70.01756098
1987 70.33790244
1988 70.76326829
1989 71.00246341
1990 71.25046341
1991 71.45178049
1992 71.6522439
1993 71.81770732
1994 71.99512195
1995 72.00997561
1996 72.38731707
1997 72.20329268
1998 72.32582927
1999 72.19685366
2000 76.6195122
2001 77.62195122
2002 77.52195122
2003 77.52195122
2004 77.77317073
2005 77.42195122
2006 78.32439024
2007 76.86341463
2008 77.16341463
2009 77.51463415
2010 77.86585366
2011 78.31707317
2012 78.51707317
2013 78.71707317
2014 78.86829268
2015 79.01707317
2016 79.16829268
2017 79.36829268
2018 79.5195122
2019 79.66829268
2020 79.8195122
2021 80.06829268
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Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 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
Virgin Islands of the United States
Records
63
Source