The average number of years a group of people born in the same year can be expected to live if mortality at each age remains constant in the future.
The number of years a newborn baby would live if, at each age it passes through, the chances of his/her survival were the same as they were for that age group in the year of his/her birth. The change in this indicator reflects changes in the overall health of a country's population, in people's living conditions, and in the quality of health care.
is the average number of years newborn babies can be expected to live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of birth were to stay the same throughout the child’s life.
is defined as the number of years a newborn child can be expected to live under a given mortality condition of an area in a given year
The average number of years a newborn infant would be expected to live if health and living conditions at the time of its birth remained the same throughout its life. (Also see World Bank Life Expectancy information).
the average number of years a person is expected to live from the time of his/her birth.
The number of years a newborn infant would be expected to live if health and living conditions at the time of birth stayed the same throughout the child's life is known as life expectancy at birth. Source: UNDP