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Indicators on Health
Last update: December 2009
Country or area
Year
Men
Women
Total
Total
Afghanistan
2005-2010
44
44
157
235
Albania
2005-2010
73
80
16
18
Algeria
2005-2010
71
74
31
33
American Samoa
2000
 a
69
76
11
   d
…
Angola
2005-2010
45
49
117
205
Antigua and Barbuda
1991-1995
 *
…
…
21
…
Argentina
2005-2010
72
79
13
16
Armenia
2005-2010
70
77
25
28
Aruba
2005-2010
72
77
16
18
Australia1
2005-2010
79
84
5
6
Austria
2005-2010
77
83
4
5
Azerbaijan
2005-2010
68
72
43
53
Bahamas
2005-2010
71
76
9
13
Bahrain
2005-2010
74
77
10
13
Bangladesh
2005-2010
65
67
45
57
Barbados
2005-2010
74
80
10
11
Belarus
2005-2010
63
75
9
12
Belgium
2005-2010
77
83
4
5
Belize
2005-2010
74
78
17
21
Benin
2005-2010
60
62
85
121
Bhutan
2005-2010
64
68
44
64
Bolivia
2005-2010
63
68
46
61
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2005-2010
72
78
13
15
Botswana
2005-2010
55
55
36
54
Brazil
2005-2010
69
76
23
29
Brunei Darussalam
2005-2010
75
80
6
7
Bulgaria
2005-2010
70
77
12
15
Burkina Faso
2005-2010
52
54
80
157
Burundi
2005-2010
49
52
98
166
Cambodia
2005-2010
59
63
62
89
Cameroon
2005-2010
50
52
87
144
Canada
2005-2010
78
83
5
6
Cape Verde
2005-2010
68
74
26
31
Central African Republic
2005-2010
45
48
105
180
Chad
2005-2010
47
50
130
211
Channel Islands2
2005-2010
77
81
5
6
Chile
2005-2010
76
82
7
9
China3
2005-2010
71
75
23
29
China, Hong Kong SAR4
2005-2010
79
85
4
5
China, Macao SAR5
2005-2010
79
83
5
6
Colombia
2005-2010
69
77
19
26
Comoros6
2005-2010
63
67
48
63
Congo
2005-2010
53
55
79
128
Cook Islands
1996-2002
 a
68
74
15
   h
…
Costa Rica
2005-2010
76
81
10
11
Côte d'Ivoire
2005-2010
56
59
87
123
Croatia
2005-2010
73
80
6
8
Cuba
2005-2010
77
81
5
8
Cyprus
2005-2010
77
82
5
7
Czech Republic
2005-2010
73
80
4
5
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2005-2010
65
69
48
63
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2005-2010
46
49
117
198
Denmark
2005-2010
76
81
4
6
Djibouti
2005-2010
54
57
85
125
Dominican Republic
2005-2010
70
75
30
33
Ecuador
2005-2010
72
78
21
26
Egypt
2005-2010
68
72
35
41
El Salvador
2005-2010
67
76
22
26
Equatorial Guinea
2005-2010
49
51
100
168
Eritrea
2005-2010
57
62
54
75
Estonia
2005-2010
68
78
8
10
Ethiopia
2005-2010
54
56
79
131
Fiji
2005-2010
67
71
20
24
Finland7
2005-2010
76
83
3
4
France
2005-2010
78
85
4
5
French Guiana
2005-2010
73
80
13
15
French Polynesia
2005-2010
72
77
8
10
Gabon
2005-2010
59
62
51
80
Gambia
2005-2010
54
57
77
116
Georgia
2005-2010
68
75
35
36
Germany
2005-2010
77
82
4
5
Ghana
2005-2010
56
57
73
117
Gibraltar
2001
 *
79
83
3
   b,f
…
Greece
2005-2010
77
81
4
4
Greenland
2003-2007
 *
66
71
10
…
Grenada
2005-2010
74
77
13
15
Guadeloupe
2005-2010
76
82
7
9
Guam
2005-2010
73
78
9
10
Guatemala
2005-2010
67
74
30
39
Guinea
2005-2010
56
60
98
148
Guinea-Bissau
2005-2010
46
49
114
196
Guyana
2005-2010
64
70
42
56
Haiti
2005-2010
59
63
62
85
Honduras
2005-2010
70
75
28
39
Hungary
2005-2010
69
77
7
8
Iceland
2005-2010
80
83
3
4
India
2005-2010
62
65
55
81
Indonesia
2005-2010
69
73
27
32
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
2005-2010
70
73
29
34
Iraq
2005-2010
63
72
33
41
Ireland
2005-2010
78
82
4
6
Isle of Man
1996
 *
74
80
3
   b,i
…
Israel
2005-2010
79
83
5
6
Italy
2005-2010
78
84
4
5
Jamaica
2005-2010
68
75
23
28
Japan
2005-2010
79
86
3
4
Jordan
2005-2010
71
74
19
22
Kazakhstan
2005-2010
59
71
26
30
Kenya
2005-2010
54
55
64
104
Kiribati
2003
 a
59
63
52
    
…
Kuwait
2005-2010
76
80
9
10
Kyrgyzstan
2005-2010
64
72
37
46
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2005-2010
63
66
50
65
Latvia
2005-2010
67
77
9
11
Lebanon
2005-2010
70
74
22
26
Lesotho
2005-2010
44
46
70
104
Liberia
2005-2010
57
59
95
140
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2005-2010
72
77
18
20
Liechtenstein
2003-2007
 *
…
…
3
   b
…
Lithuania
2005-2010
66
78
9
12
Luxembourg
2005-2010
77
82
4
6
Madagascar
2005-2010
59
62
65
100
Malawi
2005-2010
52
54
84
121
Malaysia
2005-2010
72
77
9
11
Maldives
2005-2010
70
73
24
28
Mali
2005-2010
48
49
106
191
Malta
2005-2010
78
81
6
7
Marshall Islands
1999
 a
64
67
21
   g
…
Martinique
2005-2010
77
82
7
8
Mauritania
2005-2010
55
59
73
120
Mauritius8
2005-2010
69
76
15
17
Mayotte
2005-2010
72
80
7
9
Mexico
2005-2010
74
79
17
20
Micronesia (Federated States of)
2005-2010
68
69
34
42
Mongolia
2005-2010
63
70
42
44
Montenegro
2005-2010
72
76
9
10
Morocco
2005-2010
69
73
31
36
Mozambique
2005-2010
47
49
90
153
Myanmar
2005-2010
59
63
75
111
Namibia
2005-2010
60
62
35
52
Nauru
2006
 a
55
57
46
   e
…
Nepal
2005-2010
66
67
42
54
Netherlands
2005-2010
78
82
4
6
Netherlands Antilles
2005-2010
73
79
13
14
New Caledonia
2005-2010
73
80
6
9
New Zealand
2005-2010
78
82
5
6
Nicaragua
2005-2010
70
76
21
26
Niger
2005-2010
50
52
88
172
Nigeria
2005-2010
47
48
109
187
Niue
2001-2006
 a
67
76
8
    
…
Northern Mariana Islands
1999-2001
 a
74
77
5
   d
…
Norway9
2005-2010
78
83
3
5
Occupied Palestinian Territory
2005-2010
72
75
18
20
Oman
2005-2010
74
77
12
14
Pakistan
2005-2010
66
67
64
89
Palau
2005
 a
66
72
20
   c
…
Panama
2005-2010
73
78
18
24
Papua New Guinea
2005-2010
59
63
51
69
Paraguay
2005-2010
70
74
32
38
Peru
2005-2010
71
76
21
33
Philippines
2005-2010
70
74
23
27
Poland
2005-2010
71
80
7
8
Portugal
2005-2010
75
82
4
5
Puerto Rico
2005-2010
75
83
7
9
Qatar
2005-2010
75
77
8
10
Republic of Korea
2005-2010
76
83
4
6
Republic of Moldova
2005-2010
65
72
18
23
Réunion
2005-2010
72
81
7
9
Romania
2005-2010
69
76
15
18
Russian Federation
2005-2010
60
73
12
16
Rwanda
2005-2010
48
52
100
155
Saint Helena10
1998-2007
 *
71
77
11
   b,g
…
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1998
 *
68
71
24
   j
…
Saint Lucia
2005-2010
71
77
13
16
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2005-2010
69
74
23
28
Samoa
2005-2010
69
75
22
27
San Marino
2000
 *
77
84
2
   b,g
…
Sao Tome and Principe
2005-2010
64
67
72
95
Saudi Arabia
2005-2010
71
75
19
22
Senegal
2005-2010
54
57
58
120
Serbia
2005-2010
72
76
12
14
Sierra Leone
2005-2010
46
49
104
148
Singapore
2005-2010
78
83
3
4
Slovakia
2005-2010
71
79
7
8
Slovenia
2005-2010
75
82
4
5
Solomon Islands
2005-2010
65
67
44
57
Somalia
2005-2010
48
51
110
180
South Africa
2005-2010
50
53
49
72
Spain
2005-2010
78
84
4
5
Sri Lanka
2005-2010
70
78
16
20
Sudan
2005-2010
56
60
69
111
Suriname
2005-2010
65
73
22
31
Swaziland
2005-2010
46
45
66
102
Sweden
2005-2010
79
83
3
4
Switzerland
2005-2010
79
84
4
5
Syrian Arab Republic
2005-2010
72
76
16
18
Tajikistan
2005-2010
64
69
60
78
TFYR of Macedonia11
2005-2010
72
77
15
17
Thailand
2005-2010
66
72
7
10
Timor-Leste
2005-2010
60
62
67
92
Togo
2005-2010
61
64
71
98
Tokelau
1990
 a
68
70
31
   k
…
Tonga
2005-2010
69
75
22
26
Trinidad and Tobago
2005-2010
66
73
26
33
Tunisia
2005-2010
72
76
20
22
Turkey
2005-2010
69
74
28
32
Turkmenistan
2005-2010
61
69
50
64
Turks and Caicos Islands
2001
 *
79
77
5
   b,g
…
Tuvalu
1997-2002
 a
62
65
17
   d
…
Uganda
2005-2010
52
53
74
122
Ukraine
2005-2010
63
74
12
15
United Arab Emirates
2005-2010
77
79
10
11
United Kingdom12
2005-2010
77
82
5
6
United Republic of Tanzania
2005-2010
55
56
65
106
United States of America
2005-2010
77
81
6
7
United States Virgin Islands
2005-2010
76
82
9
10
Uruguay
2005-2010
73
80
13
16
Uzbekistan
2005-2010
65
71
48
58
Vanuatu
2005-2010
68
72
28
34
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2005-2010
71
77
17
22
Viet Nam
2005-2010
72
76
20
23
Wallis and Futuna
1996-2003
 a
73
76
5
   l
…
Western Sahara
2005-2010
64
68
44
56
Yemen
2005-2010
61
64
59
79
Zambia
2005-2010
45
46
95
160
Zimbabwe
2005-2010
43
44
58
94

 

Sources:

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009), World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. CD-ROM Edition; supplemented by official national statistics published in United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2007, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm (accessed December 2009); and data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/sdp/ (accessed December 2009).

Footnotes:

… Not available.
* Data from official national life tables compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system.
a Data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme.
b Rate based on 30 or fewer events.
c Data for the period of 2004-2006.
d Data for the period of 2006-2008.
e Data for the period of 2006-2007.
f Data for the period of 2005-2006.
g Data for the period of 2003-2007.
h Data for the period of 2005-2007.
i Data for the period of 2001-2005.
j Data for the period of 1994-1998.
k Data for the period of 2000-2003.
l Data for the period of 2005-2008.
1 Including Christmas Island, Cocos (keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
2 Including the islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
3 For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
4 As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
5 As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
6 Including the island of Mayotte.
7 Including Aland Islands.
8 Including Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
9 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Island.
10 Excluding the dependencies of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
11 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island.

 

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Technical notes:

Life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the number of years to be lived by a female or male newborn, based on current age-specific mortality rates. Life expectancy at birth by sex gives a statistical summary of current differences in male and female mortality across all ages. In areas with high infant and child mortality rates, the indicator is strongly influenced by trends and differentials in infant and child mortality.

Infant mortality rate is the total number of infants dying before reaching the age of one year per 1,000 live births in a given year. It is an approximation of the number of deaths per 1,000 children born alive who die within one year of birth. Under-five mortality rate is defined as the probability of dying before reaching age 5 and is expressed as the number of deaths under age 5 per 1,000 live births.

Estimates and projections of life expectancy, infant and under-five mortality rates are prepared every two years by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat from data compiled by the Population Division and Statistics Division from national statistical sources. The best source of data to compute the infant and under-five mortality rates is a civil registration system covering at least 90 percent of births and deaths in a country or area. As many developing countries lack complete and reliable statistics of births and deaths based on civil registration, various estimation techniques are used to calculate the indicators from population censuses and demographic surveys.