Indicator: Life expectancy

The life expectancy is the mean number of years that a person can expect to live at birth if subjected to current mortality conditions throughout the rest of his or her life. It is a simple but powerful way of illustrating the developments in mortality.

Theme(s): Population and living conditions - Society - life expectancy - mortality - Population and Living Conditions

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Introduction

Author
ESPON Database
Contact(s)
None
Territorial information
Spatial Extent
EU28+4+CandidateCountries
Years
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Methodology

The life expectancy is the mean number of years that a person can expect to live at birth if subjected to current mortality conditions throughout the rest of his or her life. It is a simple but powerful way of illustrating the developments in mortality.

Other attributes

Id
115
Status
Name
Life expectancy
Code
LIFE_EXPECTANCY
Is standard?
True
Is base indicator?
True
Type
Multi
Data type
Float
Unit of measure - Numerator / Denominator Name
years
Unit of measure - Numerator / Denominator Scale
1
Is a ranking?
False
Main Theme
Population and living conditions - Society - life expectancy - mortality - Population and Living Conditions
Nature type
Ratio
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