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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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.
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